David Halliday Art

Contemporary color still life photograph of purple and green vegetables archival pigment print in artist-made white painted wood frame 30 x 37.5 inches unframed, 33 7/8 x 41 5/8 inch...

archival pigment print, edition of 20 image is 16 inches in diameter This minimalist circular archival pigment print depiccting a rusted length of chain is the work of Hudson Valley-based photographer David Halliday. Halliday adopts a nautical theme with this photograph, a choice that is consistent with much of his photography. Halliday splits the background of the composition horizontally and diametrically into textured taupe and non-textured white planes, grounding the composition, as ever, in minimalism and sophistication. About the artist: Whether traveling to a foreign land, wandering through a neighborhood marketto shop for food, or engaging in convivial conversation with a friend at his home,David Halliday is easily charmed, intrigued, excited, or amused by all that surroundshim. An artful documenter of life, Haliday uses his camera as a tool for recording themultitudinous special moments that capture his attention. Once in the darkroom, heeditorializes his finds, subtly embellishing each image until it somehow evokes thesensation that led him to photograph a subject in the first place. With the exception of a series of platinum print portraits, Halliday produces all of hisphotographs as sepia toned silver gelatin prints. Both processes are highly trad-itional and, in requiring that the artist avoid the use of any color other than sepia,they stand in sharp contrast to splashier modes such as Cibachrome, Polaroid, or digitally produced Iris prints […]. For Halliday, the warm tones afforded by age-old processes reflect his desire to reclaim the past or cherish the present in the form of soft, tranquil, frozen moments...

This print is from David Halliday's Box Series where he creates his own distinctive take on classic still life compositions. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil from the edition ...

Ed. 6/25 David Halliday has been making and exhibiting his photographs since the late 1980’s. He first gained attention for his sepia-toned silver prints of elegant, meticulously-co...

Ed. 3/25 David Halliday has been making and exhibiting his photographs since the late 1980’s. He first gained attention for his sepia-toned silver prints of elegant, meticulously-co...

Color still life photograph of purple grapes with green vines on figurative olive branches against a white and beige background 'Walking Grapes', by David Halliday, 2017 archival pig...

Color still life photograph of figurative fig branches with green leaves, measuring stick, and colorful nautical rope against a white and light beige background 'Flotsam and Fig Limb...

Sepia Toned Landscape of Net in Water and Reflection from Tonga 17 x 17, edition of 25 Silver Gelatin Print, unframed David Halliday's series consists of sepia-toned still lives of...

Contemporary still life photograph of faint orange wall with white plaster patches archival pigment print, ed 2 of 10 22.25 x 40 inches unframed 28.75 x 46 inches in dark wood frame with non-glare glass In this series, Halliday captures the interiors of his home and studio. The photograph depicts a light orange painted wall with white plaster patches over a mantelpiece. The artist likens the patches to clouds hovering over a horizon. Light blue styrofoam resting in the foreground provides an elegant detail of color. This still life photograph is complimented with a dark wood frame with non-glare glass. About the artist: American, b. 1958, Glen Cove, NY, United States, based in Schodack Landing, NY, United States Elegant still lifes bathed in natural light, so masterfully composed one could forget that it is, in fact, a photograph – this is how we’ve come to recognize David Halliday’s work. The artist first gained recognition for his sepia toned silver gelatin prints of common place objects and food staples, emphasized by sublime balances of form, texture, and shadow one could liken to classical painting. In more recent years the artist began embracing his subject matter with modern pops of color in surreal arrangements; vegetables and fruits eccentrically coupled with fish nets and cutlery balanced on undefined tabletops, seeming to float in midair. Now the photographer is retracting his lens to encompass the studio itself as his subject. In a self-portrait of sorts, Halliday skillfully combines elements of his craft in a modest interior...

Side Table with Chain and Window Stay (Diptych), 2017 Upper: 16 x 20 inches framed Lower: 14 x 10.5 inches framed toned silver gelatin prints in vintage fr...

archival pigment print, edition of 10 white washed wood frame, 33 x 41 inches framed still life photography, formalism, formalist photography, red black white, modern still life,...

This photograph by David Halliday is offered by CLAMP in New York City. Swamp Tree 1999 Signed and numbered in pencil, recto; Also blindstamped, l.r. Toned gelatin silver print 2...

Ed. 2/10 David Halliday has been making and exhibiting his photographs since the late 1980’s. He first gained attention for his sepia-toned silver prints of elegant, meticulously-co...

David Halliday sepia toned gelatin silver print titled "Seated Nude" 1996 Signed, dated, and numbered, l.r.; Also blind stamped, recto Sepia toned gelatin silver print (Edition of...