Villa di Mare, 2001
$2,175.00
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A bright, sunlit afternoon spills across this seaside terrace, and you can almost feel the warm breeze ruffling the sailboat’s canvas. Kerry Hallam layers vivid, painterly color to heighten the scene’s easy pleasure: turquoise and cobalt sweep the bay, while lavender and deep green suggest the hillside vegetation beyond. Two lean palms anchor the middle ground, their fronds painted with quick, confident strokes that bring a lively vertical note against the horizontal sea. In the foreground, clustered café tables and umbrellas — red, yellow, white and teal — create a joyful splash of human presence without insisting on detail; we sense conversation and leisure rather than read faces. The composition balances energy and calm: lively dabs of paint for flowers and foliage, smooth, luminous bands for water and sky. It’s a work that delights in color and atmosphere, offering a bright, restorative view that feels like a small vacation each time you look at it.
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About Café di Porto, 2001
"Café di Porto" is an enhanced serigraph on canvas created by Kerry Hallam in 2001. From the edition of 260, the artwork is signed 'Kerry Hallam' lower left and annotated lower right. The artwork is framed in an ornate gold-tone frame and has a framed size of 25 x 28.5". The artwork ships framed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. This work is published by Chalk & Vermilion Fine Arts, an affiliate of Martin Lawrence Galleries, no prior ownership.
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Kerry Hallam's impressionist painting captures the vibrancy of coastal and city life through his distinctive use of light and color. His work merges abstracted realism with the energy of the environment, creating landscapes that feel both lively and serene. Hallam's Mediterranean landscapes, beach scenes, and vibrant cityscapes showcase his mastery of plein air painting, where the atmosphere and dynamic compositions bring each scene to life. With textured brushstrokes and a modern impressionist approach, Hallam's art evokes the essence of the places he depicts, infusing them with a sense of movement and warmth. His colorful art invites viewers into a world where light and color transform everyday moments into timeless pieces of contemporary realism.
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Image copyright © 2026 by Kerry Hallam.
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"Let the heart be free. Being alive, inhale the air. Feel the ocean breeze. Deep blue of boundless ocean and sky. Sun shines over the coast city. Horizon so wide and endless. Always energetic, always dynamic. Not a hint of solitary life here." ” Kerry Hallam
Kerry Hallam is as refreshing and spirited as his paintings. He creates enticing images through bold palettes and captivating compositions. Born in Northern England, Hallam showed early artistic talent when he won a six-year scholarship to London University's Central College of Art. After a formal art education under British master painters Leslie Cole, Patrick Heron and Hans Tisdale, he completed his military service in the prestigious Gurkha brigade in Hong Kong and Malaya. Hallam's talent was further acknowledged when he was selected for inclusion in Britain's Royal Society of Artists in Watercolour.
Through innumerable one-man shows, Kerry Hallam has been honored by galleries around the world having shown at exhibitions in Paris, London, Tokyo, New York, Beverly Hills, Hong Kong, San Francisco and many other cities. His work has been featured in countless newspaper and magazine articles as well as in PBS television specials.
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