Bruce Hallman

A Begonia masoniana flower stalk

My #Begonia masoniana has just started to bloom. Notice the separate male and female parts of the flowers.

Generalization is usually a bad idea, but... I notice that, frequently, dealers and collectors think that illegible signatures lower the resale value of their 'investment'.
IMO, the optimum signature is clearly legible, easy to decipher, (using block print letters, not cursive script).

Collectors prefer legible signatures

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Close up of the planted rain forest wall in my studio.

It's not. Increasing a person's hoard of wealth past 100% is impossible. Eventually, something must give.

Hoarding their larger slice of a shrinking pie.

And they say: "Never let begonia leaves get wet."

Close up of the planted wall.

Fuller view, showing the LED light frame and the water pump sump bucket.

My studio right now. Here are seven different exotic species of #begonia that, in the wild, are native clinging to cliffs near waterfalls. I've rigged up a small water pump to dribble an endless cycle of water dripping down. Illuminated by 6,000 Lux of LED lighting. Making for happy plants.

14 inch face with rim

Oxidized raw metallic copper with pigmeted shellac

Two views of a face I installed on an utility pole in San Francisco's Mission District

12 inch face getting wet.

I sculpted this face using encaustic medium and installed it under a bike rack on Valencia Street, then came the deluge.

4 inch face with African violet, begonia, angel tears.

Planted wall, face.

8 inch plaque

Here's a plaque I made in 2023

The blue/green pigmentation is done using in situ oxidized raw copper powder.

Formline plaque, 16x24 inches

Here's a plaque from circa 2015.

Encaustic wax sculpture

Here's an encaustic wax sculpture which I made, circa 2019

About twenty face plaques with glowing eyes,

A wall of my face plaques photographed under dim lighting. Eyes eyes and more eyes.

A lot of the victims were immigrants, trafficked here from Eastern Europe by the Trump modeling agency and the Epstein modelling agency. (Including Melanie Knauss)

"Bereft of human decency"

I made this in 2017. The sparkles are made with street glass.

And these are "patriots" 👇

A 14 inch plaque which I sculpted circa 2016.

Hips and shoulders. The universality of life.

Snapshot of honey bears in my local grocery store.

Me, while installing a telephone pole honey bear. (Fnnnch bear in the background.)

Honey Bear totemic street art.

Large transformation mask

Articulating mask that I sculpted in 2024

Autographed Pop Shop bag

A prized possession of mine. A #KeithHaring autographed Pop Shop bag.

I'm pretty sure that DHS, ICE/CBP has access to powerful facial recognition databases which makes carrying a passport almost irrelevant. Right?

22nd and Mission, August 26, 2025

#StreetArt, Mission District, San Francisco

August 3rd 2025, just a week or so after his cancer diagnosis.

Good one. Has spirit.

My snapshot of Natasha and Bobby Weir, August 3rd 2025

Natasha and Bobby Weir, standing at the side of the stage, viewing Billy Strings perform the opening act just prior to Bobby's final concert performance at Golden Gate Park August 2025. 🎶❤️😢