COMMISSION a mixed media artwork from 'The Optimist Collection' By George Hall. Mixed media on canvas.

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Shipping in Australia: Free Shipping, this artwork will be delivered ready to hang in a box.

International shipping: This artwork will be shipped rolled in a tube.
The rolled shipping price is calculated at cart.

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This is a custom commission from 'The Optimist Collection'. This mixed media artwork is pre-ordered and will take 8-10 weeks to complete. Individual custom commissions can be ordered by specifying the size option.

If you would prefer, you can pay a 50% deposit to confirm your commission and the other 50% will be paid once the commission is complete. Email info@georgehallart.com and we will send you a separate link to purchase. This is fully refundable if you are not happy with the commission at the approval stage.

Canvas measurements available:

101cm x 101cm (40" x 40")

127cm x 127cm (50" x 50")

* Stretched and ready to hang in a box for orders in Australia.
* For International orders this artwork will be shipped rolled in a tube.

(If the above are not the required size, I can do another version to your size specifications as a commission. Please email info@georgehallart.com and I will organise a quote very quickly for you.)

CLICK HERE to view all artworks in the Optimist Collection. Once you have ordered your commission we will reach out to you to discuss what Optimist artwork you would like a commission of.

About the artwork:

Artworks in the Optimist Collection are created with This artwork is created with:
1. Graffiti Acrylic Pens
2. Photographic Printing
3. Polymer Stain and Glaze
4. UV Protective Varnish

This is a one of a kind artwork, there are no duplicates or prints, though there are others in this series, but they are all completely different from one another. It was created with acrylic graffiti paint pens, the background is a matt photographic print on canvas of the collage newsprint, made up of positive words and quotes, then stained with polymer glazes and finished with 3 coats of UV protective satin varnish, it will not fade in direct sunlight.

The Optimist Story (My Story):

At the beginning of 2019 I was going through a
really sad time, I was being to lose hope in the world and hence becoming easily annoyed and angry.

I decided I didn’t want to be this way, so I did what I always do and that is to start drawing what I
wanted life to look like. The reoccurring theme seemed to be love and optimism. So I kept drawing hearts, I think I must of drawn hundreds, all over magazines and newspapers they kept developing and growing and I began to really start loving them and the process. I loved the effect of the background newsprint, but sometimes the words were wrong.

So I research words of positivity and hope. I went through all the google searches and just kept adding to the list. I stopped watching and reading the news, I decided to create my own newspaper with these words. I wanted my heart to go onto words of love and hope. So I printed collages of these great words and started painting my multi-coloured hearts on top.

I noticed that people started smiling at me in the street and I wondered why, then I realise it was because I was walking round smiling, my mode had changed.

More people started contacting me and wanting paintings. I posted the hearts on my Instagram and I got so many orders for these hearts. I call them ‘The Optimist’ because that is was what I had become.