Visual Language Interview with Contemporary American artist, Hall Groat II,
Professor and Chairman, Art and Design Department,
SUNY Broome Community College
Laurie Pace, Editor-in-Chief, Visual Language, Contemporary Fine Art Magazine
Laurie Pace - What is your earliest memory that involves creating?
Hall Groat II - Playing in the sand and collecting seashells, along the seashore in Cape Cod.
Pace - Did you ever feel competitive to your Dad or challenged to do more?
Groat - No, never in the field of art, but during my early teens my father and I were very competitive at tennis.
Pace - Do you have brothers or sisters or other family members that paint?
Groat - Yes, I have one sister who creates abstract collages. Her work is along the lines of the Harlem Renaissance artist, Romare Bearden.
