BIOGRAPHY

“I’m always happier when I’m painting. It’s like Christmas every day….waking up to see what I painted the day before”

The works of Rosanna Hardin Hall are masterful depictions of ruins in Pompeii, lush villas and gardens in Venice, Florence, Rome, and Siena–classical, romantic, historical scenes.

Her paintings span a lifetime of adventure in travel to Japan, Hawaii, Tahiti and throughout the South Seas, English country estates, and French street scenes. She has also created many beautiful works of art of Gardens of Paradise in Damascus, Syria; Moghul gardens in India; and in the historic Woodruff Place neighborhood in Indianapolis where her gallery, Villa dell’Artista, is located.

Exhibitions

Watercolor Society of Indiana Annual Show, 2026

World Arts Expo at Global Village, 2026

Full Circle 9 Gallery member, Factory Arts District, 2025-2026

Petrov Atelier (Featured artist of the month), 2025

Holliday Park Nature Center
6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis
August 2 – September 6, 2025

Other Exhibits

Various locations in Indianapolis are being finalized
Art openings at Villa dell’Artista

700 Middle Drive, Woodruff Place, Indianapolis

These public openings are offered on a monthly basis, most months of the year, on a Saturday afternoon (email Rosanna at rosannahhall@sbcglobal.net to be placed on the email list for notifications). Weather permitting, guests may also walk around the adjacent gardens.

Previous Exhibits (Solo or Group Shows)

1996 – Present

In Indianapolis, unless otherwise indicated:

Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indiana Hoosier Art Salon–Merit Award (Indianapolis and New Harmony), Indiana Landmarks (celebrating artists included in Indiana Plein Air Painters Association’s book), Second Presbyterian Church, Office of the Indiana Lieutenant Governor, Garfield Arts Center, Jewish Community Center, Office of the Indianapolis Mayor, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Art Museum of Greater Lafayette (Lafayette, Indiana), Indianapolis Art Center, Herron School of Art, Fort Wayne Museum of Art (Fort Wayne, Indiana), Columbia Club, and Park Tudor School.

Education And Training

M.F.A. degree, University of Hawaii, Honolulu

B.F.A., Herron School of Art and Design of Indiana University, Indianapolis

She also studied with the Maryland Art Institute Summer Program in Sorrento, Italy, with Howie Weiss and Ellen Buchanal; Art Workshop in Assisi, Italy, with Bill Patterson, Fred Wessel, Jack Beal and Sondra Freckelton; private studies with Dana Prescott of Temple University in Rome; Pratt in Venice Summer Program, with Dicks Ruben, Diana Gisolfi, and Dimitri Hazzikostas; and Florence Academy of Art, Italy, with Daniel Graves.

Additional Work Experience in the Arts

She has written features, art criticism, and news for the Washington Star, Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis News, Santa Fe New Mexican, Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, and Peru Tribune. Her articles also have appeared in Artists of the Rockies, New Mexico Magazine, and the Honolulu Advertiser.

She has taught privately at her studios in Nambe, New Mexico, and in Indianapolis. She also has offered classes to the public at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Art, and the Indianapolis Art Center.

During her art studies at Herron, she helped produce David Letterman’s first talk show, “Cloverpower,” in Indianapolis, appearing as his guest several times.