Cara Jean Hall spent the first 15 years of her adult life raising a family then later received her BA from the University of Houston. She resides in Millcreek,UT where she paints, gardens, and works in Development for KUER 90.1 fm.
Cara Jean Hall’s figurative works are highly narrative and combine realistic painting techniques with surrealistic subject matter. They explore the human experience and have covered topics such as mental health, the plight of women, and musical performance. Her abstract nature works sample colors and compositions from nature and present them with planned composition, hard lines, basic shapes as well as happenstance, organic forms, and painterly strokes. They are typically large scale and very colorful. Her work can be found in collections at Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake County Permanent Collection, Park City Hall, Millcreek City Hall, Daybreak, UT and Henderson, NV.
