“After Keegan graduated from college, he felt like he was supposed to "get a real job, start a real career.” Hall explains, “I was one of those people and artists who was too afraid to put my work out there for fear of what others would think of it, so I was constantly searching for another career.” A hunt that led to an MBA, work with the Seattle Sonics basketball team and an eight-year artistic hiatus. But that void was never filled for either Hall or and his mother, who always "lit up" when she saw his artwork. “She even loved my bad drawings,” Hall says, grateful for her unconditional support.
But when Hall picked up his pencil again on a Saturday afternoon, his world looked very different. “My mom passed away unexpectedly just a couple of months before and I fell into this deep contemplation about my life and what I was doing,” he says. “I had no expectations when I sat down to draw that day, but I could feel something strong pulling me toward drawing.” Twenty-five hours later, a gem emerged — an impeccably detailed and highly emotive rendition of Michael Jordan.
That drawing led to another, this time drawn of and for Seattle Seahawks strong safety Kam Chancellor, garnering 19,000 Instagram likes when Chancellor posted the finished product. Choked up with eyes full of tears, Hall explains the significance of that moment. “As I started to see the ways in which other people were affected by my work and feeling something, it made me want to keep drawing," he says. "I had forgotten about how beneficial art is.”
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