Melvin Hale

Lives and works in Las Vegas, NV, USA

Artist statement

Photographs are like time machines. One way that we can turn back the hands of time is to colorize black and white photos, and see them again like it just happened. That is what I do. I repair and add color to old photographs using science derived from art.

Artwork

• Betty Jean at Sixteen, 2022. Canvas
• Chi Chi and Cubana, Palm Springs 1943, 2006. Canvas
• Casinos and Clubs on Fremont Street in Dreamview, 2022. Canvas
• The Buffalo Soldiers 1890, 2012. Canvas
• Shanghai Low #3, SF Chinatown 1945 in Dreamview, 2022. Canvas
• Filming the Roar of the MGM Lion, 1929, 2009. Canvas