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A '''handyman''', increasingly known as a '''handyperson''' or '''handywoman''', is a person skilled at a wide range of repairs, typically around the home. These tasks include trade skills, repair work, maintenance work, both interior and exterior, and are sometimes described as "odd jobs", "fix-up tasks", and include light plumbing jobs such as fixing a leaky toilet or light electric jobs such as changing a light fixture.


==Handyman projects==
'''Julian Burroughs Hatton III''' is an [[United States|American]] [[landscape]] [[abstract art|abstract artist]] from [[New York, New York|New York City]]<ref name=tws01janfbnnm>{{cite news
The term ''handyman'' increasingly describes a paid worker, but it also includes non-paid homeowners or do-it-yourselfers. Tasks range from minor to major, from unskilled to highly skilled, and include painting, [[drywall]] repair, remodeling, minor plumbing work, minor electrical work, and furniture assembly (see more complete list below.) The term ''handyman'' is occasionally applied as an adjective to describe politicians or business leaders who make substantial organizational changes, such as overhauling a business structure or administrative division.<ref name=tws26oct34>{{cite news
|author= Vivien Raynor
| author = Paul Lewis
|title= ART; Full House at Gallery in Marlborough
| title = MAN IN THE NEWS; Diplomatic Handyman: Diego Cordovez
|quote= ... Julian Hatton ...
| publisher = New York Times
|publisher= ''The New York Times''
| date = April 16, 1988
|date= June 17, 1990
| url = http://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/16/world/man-in-the-news-diplomatic-handyman-diego-cordovez.html
|url= http://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/17/nyregion/art-full-house-at-gallery-in-marlborough.html?pagewanted=1
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref><ref name=tws26oct51>{{cite news
}}</ref> whose paintings have appeared in galleries in the [[United States]] and [[France]]. The ''[[New York Times]]'' described his painting style as "vibrant, playful, semi-abstract landscapes"<ref name=tws01jangnnmmm>{{cite news
| title = Religion: Handyman to Washington
|author= Johnson
| publisher = Time Magazine
|title= Julian Hattan
| date = Apr. 13, 1936
|quote= Vibrant, playful, semi-abstract landscapes ...
| url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,756003,00.html
|publisher= ''The New York Times''
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
|date= 1999-04-09
}}</ref> In the past, handypersons have usually been men, and home repair tasks have been seen as a male-oriented activity, but ''handywomen'' are becoming more prevalent as well as women using the term ''handypersons'' to describe themselves.
|url= http://www.julianhatton.net/NYT_99.html
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref> while ''[[New York Sun]]'' art critic John Goodrich compared him to French painter [[Pierre Bonnard|Bonnard]].<ref name=tws01janerqqw12>{{cite news
|author= John Goodrich
|title= Locating Truth Within a Grand Illusion
|quote= As with Bonnard, a kind of muscular whimsy prevails.
|publisher= ''The New York Sun''
|date= April 3, 2008
|url= http://www.nysun.com/arts/locating-truth-within-a-grand-illusion/74075/
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref> Hatton's abstract landscapes have been compared to paintings by [[Arthur Dove]] and [[Georgia O'Keeffe]] because of his "unbridled love of pure, hot color" similar to Gaughin and the [[Fauvism|Fauves]], according to critic Ann Landi of ''[[ARTnews]]''.<ref name=tws01janssaazz>{{cite news
|author= Ann Landi
|title= Reviews: New York;  Julian Hatton / Elizabeth Harris Gallery
|quote= ...and an unbridled love of pure, hot color ...
|publisher= ''ARTnews''
|date= 2006-07-01
|url= http://www.julianhatton.net/ArtNews06.html
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref> Hatton's vision is of "a nature that you can literally eat with your eyes, eye candy transposed onto the entire world," according to critic Joel Silverstein.<ref name=tws01jan1qq2qbb>{{cite news
|author= Joel Silverstein
|title= Curious Terrain
|quote= The paintings sing to each other ...
|publisher= ''Reviewny.com''
|date= 2001-04-01
|url= http://www.julianhatton.net/Reviewny_01.html
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref> Hatton lives and works in New York City.


[[Image:Mailbox made from particle board.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A white mailbox, attached to a wall|A handyman built this mailbox from particle board, with hinges, and exterior paint; the rounded edges were made with a sander.]]
==Early years==
Hatton was born in [[Grand Haven, Michigan]].<ref name=tws01janghkkj>{{cite web
|title= Julian Hatton
|publisher= ''Julian Hatton website''
|date= 2010-01-01
|url= http://www.julianhatton.net/bio.html
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref> The cold [[Michigan]] climate with two months of good weather each year, contrasted with the cold flat landscape influenced his sense of color, he recalled later.<ref name=tws01janl009o1jjjkk>{{cite news
|author= Harry Swartz-Turfle
|title= Julian Hatton: From landscape to abstraction
|quote= ... Hatton said he'd never experienced anything like it, and clearly there was an affinity for that liveliness in a cold landscape.
|publisher= ''Daily Gusto''
|date= October 1, 2008
|url= http://www.dailygusto.com/blog/archives/art/000811.php
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref> He graduated from [[Phillips Academy]] in [[Andover, Massachusetts]] in 1974 and from [[Harvard University]] in 1979 with a major in [[art history]].<ref name=tws01janghkkj/> Painting in the north of [[France]] helped him develop his understanding of color and landscape.<ref name=tws01janl009o1jjjkk/> His first application to the Studio School in New York was rejected since he lacked a portfolio. He studied with painter [[Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo|Fernando Zobel]] in [[Spain]], returned with a portfolio, and was accepted.<ref name=tws01janl009o1erre>{{cite news
|author= Harry Swartz-Turfle
|title= Julian Hatton: From landscape to abstraction
|quote= Hatton also talked about coming to New York in 1980 ...
|publisher= ''Daily Gusto''
|date= October 1, 2008
|url= http://www.dailygusto.com/blog/archives/art/000811.php
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref> He enrolled at the [[New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture]] from 1980 to 1982.<ref name=tws01janghkkj/><ref name=tws01jan4tt54>{{cite web
|title= Julian Hatton
|quote= Julian Hatton (b. 1956, Grand Haven, MI) received a B.A. from Harvard and also studied at the NY Studio School. He is represented by Elizabeth Harris Gallery in NY, and has also shown at R.B. Stevenson Gallery in La Jolla, Robert Clements Gallery in Portland, and Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery in San Francisco. ... His bibliography includes The ''NY Times'', ''Art Vision Magazine'', and ''Art in America''.
|publisher= ''Vermont Studio Center''
|date= 2008-02-11
|url= http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/julian-hatton-feb/
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref> After school, Hatton lived the life of a struggling artist, working at the Water Club restaurant in [[New York, New York|Manhattan]] for eight years.<ref name=tws01janl009o1erre/>


Many people can do common household repairs. There are resources on the Internet, as well as do-it-yourself guide books,<ref name=tws26oct22>{{cite news
Later he worked with decorative painters, painting interiors of apartments and restaurants, while living in [[SoHo]].<ref name=tws01janhjjkl>{{cite news
| author = LIESL SCHILLINGER
|author= John Deiner et. al.
| title = Fire the Handyman, Then Do It Yourself (book reviews)
|title= New York '98; A Friend In New York; Ever wish you had a pal in Manhattan who really knows the territory and will help you plan your next visit? You're welcome to share ours.
| quote = HELP, IT'S BROKEN! A Fix-It Bible for the Repair-Impaired. By Arianne Cohen; READYMADE: How to Make (Almost) Everything: A Do-It-Yourself Primer. By Shoshana Berger and Grace Hawthorne.
|quote= Julian Hatton and Alison Berry, fortysomething, are artists who live and paint in SoHo. They do decorative painting of restaurants and other places to supplement their starving-artists' existence. ...
| publisher = New York Times: Fashion & Style
|publisher= ''Washington Post''
| date = November 27, 2005
|date= April 12, 1998
| url = http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/fashion/sundaystyles/27BOOKS.html
|url= http://www.carolvinzant.com/washingtonpostclips_files/application.htm
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref> with instructions about how to complete a wide range of projects. Sometimes the fix-it skill is seen as genetic, and people lacking such skills are said to "lack the handy-man gene."<ref name=tws26oct08>{{cite news
}}</ref> In between jobs, Hatton took his portable easel and paint supplies and bicycled to Breezy Point and [[Prospect Park (Brooklyn)|Prospect Park]].<ref name=tws01jansffd11>{{cite news
| author = Kim O'Donnel
|author= Harry Swartz-Turfle
| title = The Case of the Kitchen Barrel Nuts
|title= Julian Hatton: From landscape to abstraction
| publisher = Washington Post
|quote= He began taking his cigar box of paints on his bicycle and started to paint in the city. ...
| date = March 26, 2007
|publisher= ''Daily Gusto''
| url = http://voices.washingtonpost.com/mighty-appetite/2007/03/the_case_of_the_kitchen_barrel.html
|date= October 1, 2008
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
|url= http://www.dailygusto.com/blog/archives/art/000811.php
}}</ref> One trend is that fewer homeowners are inclined to do fix-up jobs, perhaps because of time constraints, perhaps because of lack of interest; one reporter commented "my family's fix-it gene petered out before it reached my generation."<ref name=tws17oct04>{{cite news
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
| author = Michelle Slatalla
}}</ref> Often he would work new painting over old, using parts of the old painting to help solve formal and symbolic problems, while responding to the landscape at hand.<ref name=tws01jansffd11/>  
| title = ONLINE SHOPPER; $220 for Two Hours? Clocking Mr. Fix-It
| publisher = New York Times
| date = August 5, 2004
| url = http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/05/technology/online-shopper-220-for-two-hours-clocking-mr-fix-it.html
| accessdate = 2009-10-17
}}</ref> A primary rule for all do-it-yourself repair work is ''focus entirely on one thing at a time''. One handyman recalled:


{{cquote|A plumber told me once to ONLY focus on one thing at a time; this was the cardinal rule of all repairwork he said; trying to do two things simultaneously leads to problems, mistakes, injuries.<ref name=tws01dec01>{{cite news
Through trial and error he discovered an innate affinity for bold saturated color as well as a love of [[Abstract art|abstraction]] that shadowed [[Naturalism (arts)|naturalism]]. His work has been called "lyrical."<ref name=tws01jansffd22>{{cite news
| author = Anonymous plumber
|author= Harry Swartz-Turfle
| title = Spoken advice
|title= Julian Hatton: From landscape to abstraction
| publisher = ''Anonymous plumber''
|quote= His work started to get more abstract and lyrical ...
| date = 2007
|publisher= ''Daily Gusto''
| accessdate = 2009-12-01
|date= October 1, 2008
}}</ref>}} For example, focus on getting a [[nail (fastener)|nail]]; then focus on [[hammer (tool)|hammering]] the nail; but don't try to do both tasks simultaneously. In this manner, injuries and mistakes are avoided.
|url= http://www.dailygusto.com/blog/archives/art/000811.php
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref> During these years he often worked with fellow artist and wife Alison Berry. His work began to receive recognition, and his paintings started to be shown in art galleries.


Generally the job of paid handyman is low status, a semi-skilled labor job. It's a less prestigious occupation than a specialist such as a plumber, electrician, or carpenter. At the same time, unpaid homeowners skilled at repairs are valued for saving money. The only full-time handymen who achieve recognition are ones who do something else better, such as being an artist or writer or charismatic religious figure such as [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]], (who was a carpenter).<ref name=tws26oct03>{{cite news
==Career==
| author = Elizabeth Gleicke
Hatton exhibited at [[New York, New York|Manhattan]] galleries including Elizabeth Harris Gallery, Kathryn Markel Gallery, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, Frank Mario Gallery, Jon Leon Gallery, Eighth Floor Gallery, Lohin Geduld Gallery and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational Exhibit.<ref name=tws01janghkkj/> He has exhibited his artwork in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[La Jolla, California|La Jolla]], and [[Southwest Harbor, Maine|Southwest Harbor]] and [[Belfast, Maine|Belfast]] in [[Maine]].<ref name=tws01janghkkj/> His work was shown internationally at the Museum at [[Rochefort-en-Terre]] in [[Brittany, France]].<ref name=tws01janghkkj/>
| title = Books: The Handyman By Carolyn See
| publisher = ''Time Magazine''
| date = Apr. 12, 1999
| url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990713,00.html
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
}}</ref>  And handyman tools sometimes become useful in different places: for example, when a proper [[Neurology|neurological drill]] was not available, an [[Australia]]n doctor used a handyman's drill in 2009 to open a hole in the head of a 13-year old boy to relieve pressure after a [[brain injury]]; the boy's life was saved.<ref name=tws26oct01>{{cite news
| author = Steve Marshall (Australia)
| title = Handyman drill saves blood-clot victim
| publisher = USA Today
| date = May 20, 2009
| url = http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2009/05/67065033/1
| accessdate = 2009-12-08
}}</ref>
 
[[Image:Kitchen cabinets.jpg|thumb|right|Picture of cabinets in a kitchen|Installing kitchen cabinets is a medium-level handyman job, with multiple steps, which competent handymen can do; it's important to fasten cabinets securely to studs in walls. Consider hiring a specialist kitchen remodeler for a fancy kitchen.]]
 
New tools are becoming increasingly available; there is a trend for more powerful tools which cost less money. For example, an inspection camera in a long rigid wire allows users to see inside pipes up to 100 feet in length, to look for obstructions or clogs in plumbing lines.<ref>{{cite web
|title= SeeSnake® microReel Inspection Camera System
|publisher= ''Ridgid''
|date= 2010-02-21
|url= http://www.ridgid.com/Tools/microReel/index.htm?utm_source=lp&utm_medium=bt&utm_campaign=microreel
|accessdate= 2010-02-21
}}</ref> The Internet makes a wealth of fix-up information available widely to all kinds of users; so a web-based search can help a homeowner find helpful advice on a wide variety of topics including insect pest inspections and control.<ref>{{cite web
|author= Jerry Alonzy
|title= Home Pest Control... What You Can Do To Take Back Your Home!
|publisher= ''The Natural Handyman''
|date= 2010-02-21
|url= http://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/infpests/infpests.html
|accessdate= 2010-02-21
}}</ref>
 
==Handyman businesses==
===Market estimates===
An estimate was that in 2003, the market for home-maintenance and repair spending was up 14% from 2001 to 2003.<ref name=tws26oct20>{{cite news
| author =  Danielle Reed
| title = Chains Take a Stab
At Handyman Work
| publisher = Wall Street Journal
| date = April 29, 2003
| url = http://homes.wsj.com/buildimprove/20030429-reed.html
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
}}</ref> Another estimate was that the market in the [[United States]] was $126 billion and was increasing by about 4% annually.<ref name=tws17oct04/> American homes are aging; one estimate was that in 2007, more than half of all homes are older than 25 years.<ref name=tws26oct20/> And, as populations worldwide tend to become older, on average, and since increasingly elderly people will be less inclined and able to maintain their homes, it is likely that demand for handyman services will grow.
 
Changes in entertainment and communications technology have increased demand for handymen. Installing support brackets for new wall-mounted HDTV systems has become an increasingly in-demand task for handymen. There has been a movement towards "whole-home audio systems" in which homeowners in new and existing houses can "enjoy music and radio broadcasts in any room of the house ... separate zones can be created so multiple musical selections can be played simultaneously—soothing classical in the den, talk show radio in the kitchen, and downloaded hits for the kids in the entertainment room."<ref>{{cite web
|title= Choosing a Whole-Home Audio System
|publisher= ''bobvila.com''
|date= 2010-02-21
|url= http://www.bobvila.com/HowTo_Library/Choosing_a_Whole_Home_Audio_System-Home_Entertainment-A2561.html
|accessdate= 2010-02-21
}}</ref> Projects such as these typically require the expertise of handypersons.
 
Changes in home design can spur demand for handymen as well. There has been a trend, suffering somewhat from the recession, to use commercial or semi-commercial appliances in high-end kitchens. There has been a movement towards "disguising" [[household appliances]], such as replacing [[refrigerator]]s with models that look like built-in cabinets. And conversions such as these generate work for a wide range of kitchen contractors, including handymen.


{{cquote|Consumers are discovering new ways to hide their appliances, putting form and functionality on an even footing.<ref>{{cite web
''[[Artinfo|ArtInfo]]'' described his paintings as "boldly integrating invented and observed shapes and colors" with his "own lexicon of shapes and lines which he arranges in innovative ways" using a "homemade visual syntax" yielding a "feast of contradictions."<ref name=tws01jan8uuy>{{cite web
|title= Disguise Your Appliances
|title= Julian Hatton: Recent Paintings
|publisher= ''bobvila.com''
|quote= Julian Hatton returns to the Elizabeth Harris Gallery for his first solo show in almost four years ... Hattons paintings pay tribute to early American Modernists and remain a significant contribution to the idea of working from nature.
|date= 2010-02-21
|publisher= ''ArtInfo''
|url= http://www.bobvila.com/HowTo_Library/Disguise_Your_Appliances-Miscellaneous_Appliances-A3211.html
|date= April 15, 2006
|accessdate= 2010-02-21
|url= http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/20159/6696/76332/elizabeth-harris-new-york/exhibition/julian-hatton-recent-paintings/
}}</ref>}}
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
Disguising the appliance may involve purchasing one with a front intended to look like a cabinet, having a handyman build such a front, or, for smaller countertop appliances such as [[food processor]]s, [[toaster]]s, and [[food mixer#stand mixer|food mixers]], removing the wall covering and drywall between [[stud (carpentry)|wall studs]] and building a "garage" into which the appliance slides.
}}</ref> During these years he taught at the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] as well as [[Swarthmore College]] and the [[Vermont Studio Center]].<ref name=tws01jan2wwq1>{{cite web
|title= Section: Briefs
|quote= GRAND HAVEN -- Two new displays of art are on exhibit through July at the Grand Haven Area Arts Council Building, 1045 Columbus. The exhibits are by former Grand Haven resident Julian Hatton and New York City artist Alison Berry. Hatton's works on display are a collection of abstract landscape paintings. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Swarthmore College and the Vermont Studio Center. He is a 1979 graduate of Harvard College.
|publisher= ''Muskegon Chronicle''
|date= July 21, 2007
|url= http://www.swarthmore.edu/x13989.xml
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref> His paintings have appeared in the Hijirizaka Collection in [[Tokyo, Japan|Tokyo]], the IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust in [[New York, New York|New York]], and at Brook Partners in [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]. His paintings are in numerous collections, from the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in [[New York, New York|New York]] to the [[Steve Wynn]] collection in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]].


===Independent operators===
==Reactions by critics==
Many towns have handymen who work part-time, for friends or family or neighbors, who are skilled in a variety of tasks. Sometimes they advertise in newspapers or online. They vary in quality, professionalism, skill level, and price. Contractors often criticize the work of previous contractors, and this practice is not limited to handymen, but to all trades. One consumer recalled:
''[[New York Times]]'' critics have described his painting style as a "layered shapes in saturated colors"<ref name=tws01jan55rftrr>{{cite news
|title= ART GUIDE
|quote= ''CURIOUS TERRAIN,'' Elizabeth Harris, ... a jaunty semi-abstract picture made of layered shapes in saturated colors by Julian Hatton; ... (Johnson).
|publisher= ''The New York Times''
|date= January 25, 2002
|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/25/arts/art-guide.html?pagewanted=3
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref> which were "vibrant, playful, semi-abstract landscapes" which "layers broad, richly colored shapes of trees, rivers and hills into funky, tautly frontal arcadian visions."<ref name=tws01jangnnmmm/> Paintings had a "mix of [[Fauvism]], [[Abstract Expressionism]] and outsider vision.<ref name=tws01jangnnmmm/>


{{cquote|...the house painter who said that the prep work and the power washing our handyman had done would have to be done all over again; the handyman who regularly announced that none of those we had engaged (except his uncle) knew what they were doing.<ref name=tws26oct07>{{cite news
Art critic John Goodrich of the ''[[New York Sun]]'' felt Hatton's paintings were less "real" in terms of factual description but they "contain their own peculiar truths, evident in keenly felt colors and designs."<ref name=tws01jandws32>{{cite news
| title = Who Did This To You?
|author= John Goodrich
| publisher = New York Times: Opinion
|title= Locating Truth Within a Grand Illusion
| date = May 7, 2006
|quote= ... contain their own peculiar truths ...
| url = http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/who-did-this-to-you/
|publisher= ''The New York Sun''
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
|date= April 3, 2008
|url= http://www.nysun.com/arts/locating-truth-within-a-grand-illusion/74075/
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref> Goodrich felt Hatton "finds expression through his forms."<ref name=tws01jandhhkk>{{cite news
|author= John Goodrich
|title= Locating Truth Within a Grand Illusion
|quote= ... Mr. Hatton finds expression through his forms...  
|publisher= ''The New York Sun''
|date= April 3, 2008
|url= http://www.nysun.com/arts/locating-truth-within-a-grand-illusion/74075/
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref> Hatton's paintings "remind us of the potency of a particular modernist aesthetic, and they reward prolonged looking."<ref name=tws01jandhhkk/> Goodrich elaborated:
{{cquote|The paintings' most intriguing aspect, however, remains their combination of loose allusions and tight rhythms. As with Bonnard, a kind of muscular whimsy prevails.<ref name=tws01jandws32/><ref name=tws01jandytuy>{{cite news
|author= John Goodrich
|title= Locating Truth Within a Grand Illusion
|quote= Mr. Hatton's vibrantly colored organic shapes are both daintier and looser than Matisse's.
|publisher= ''The New York Sun''
|date= April 3, 2008
|url= http://www.nysun.com/arts/locating-truth-within-a-grand-illusion/74075/
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref><ref name=tws01janerqqw>{{cite news
|author= John Goodrich
|title= Locating Truth Within a Grand Illusion
|quote= ... a kind of muscular whimsy prevails...
|publisher= ''The New York Sun''
|date= April 3, 2008
|url= http://www.nysun.com/arts/locating-truth-within-a-grand-illusion/74075/
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref>}}
}}</ref>}}


[[Image:A rebuilt porch.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Picture of a porch, including a railing, and columns|This entire porch was rebuilt by a handyman, including the substructure, columns, railings (1x1s and moldings), and door surrounds; replacing a porch is a difficult project for amateurs.]]
Critic Ann Landi of ''[[ARTnews]]'' wrote there was "something endearingly anachronistic about Julian Hatton's abstractions" which had an "unbridled love of pure, hot color," and compared Hatton to [[Arthur Dove]], [[Georgia O'Keeffe]], [[Paul Gauguin]] and [[Fauvism|the Fauvres]].<ref name=tws01janssaazz/>
 
One factor that hinders handymen is a general perception by homeowners that home repair contractors are untrustworthy. One survey by the Gallup Poll in the United States found that construction contractors ranked 19th out of 32 occupations on a scale of trustworthiness, and only 23% of the public saying that the industry was "trustworthy." Common complaints about contractors were "failure to finish the job" and "poor quality of work".<ref>{{cite web
|title= Contractors Viewed as Untrustworthy
|publisher= ''The Natural Handyman''
|date= 2010-02-21
|url= http://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/infbusiness/untrustworthy.html
|accessdate= 2010-02-21
}}</ref> During the real estate boom during the middle years of the first decade of the 21st century, demand for construction and repairwork was substantial, and the proportion of contractors who did lesser quality work or worked unethically was greater.
 
===Franchise businesses===
In 2009, there were national handyman service firms which handle such nationwide tasks as public relations, [[marketing]], [[advertising]], and signage, but sell specific territories to franchise owners. A franchise contract typically gives a franchise owner the exclusive right to take service calls within a given geographical area. The websites of these firms put possible customers in touch with local owners, which have handypersons and trucks. Customers call the local numbers. Typically these firms charge around $100/hour, although fees vary by locality and time of year. In many parts of the world, there are professional handyman firms that do small home or commercial projects which claim possible advantages such as having workers who are insured and licensed. Their branch offices schedule service appointments for full-time and part-time handymen to visit and make repairs, and sometimes coordinate with sub-contractors.
 
One Lehman Brothers executive, after being let go from the Wall Street firm, bought a [[Union, New Jersey]] franchise from a national handyman firm.<ref name=tws17oct03>{{cite news
| author = Deborah L. Cohen
| title = Franchising heats up as economy cools down
| publisher = Reuters
| date = Feb 24, 2009
| url = http://www.reuters.com/article/smallBusinessNews/idUSTRE51N3QK20090224
| accessdate = 2009-10-17
}}</ref> A franchise was approximately $110,000 with a franchise fee of $14,900, according to a spokesperson for a national handyman franchise.<ref name=tws17oct03/>
 
[[Image:Bathroom wall installed by handyman.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Picture of a bathroom wall with a mirror to the right.|A handyman built this wall; electricians installed wiring and plates (to prevent drywall screws from contacting electric wires). Rot-resistant sheetrock, sometimes called "greenboard", was used, then painted. Later, a mirror was installed. The door and moldings were built as well.]]
 
Some see a benefit of franchising as "entrepreneurship under the safety net of a tried-and-true business umbrella"<ref name=tws17oct03/> but forecast a 1.2 percent decrease in franchise businesses during the 2008-2009 recession.<ref name=tws17oct03/> In 2005, according to a survey released by the Washington-based International Franchise Association showed 909,000 franchised establishments in the [[United States]] employing some 11 million people.<ref name=tws17oct03/> Franchises offer training, [[advertising]] and information technology support, lower procurement costs and access to a network of established operators.<ref name=tws17oct03/>
 
Franchise handyman firms sometimes pitch clients by asking prospective customers about their unresolved "to-do lists."<ref name=tws17oct02>{{cite news
| author = PAULA GANZI LICATA
| title = WHERE WE LIVE; They Make House Calls: The Range of Services Grows
| publisher = New York Times
| date = April 3, 2005
| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E3DD133FF930A35757C0A9639C8B63
| accessdate = 2009-10-17
}}</ref> The firm does odd jobs, carpentry, and repairs.<ref name=tws17oct02/> Trends such as a "poverty of time" and a "glut of unhandy husbands" has spurred the business.<ref name=tws17oct02/> Technicians do a range of services including tile work, painting, and wallpapering.<ref name=tws17oct02/> One firm charges $88 per hour.<ref name=tws17oct02/> The firm targets a work category which full-fledged remodelers and contractors find unprofitable.<ref name=tws17oct02/> A consumer was quoted by a reporter explaining the decision to hire one firm: "'I couldn't find anyone to come in and help me because the jobs were too small', said Meg Beck of Huntington, who needed some painting and carpentry done. She turned to one franchise firm and said she liked the fact that the service has well-marked trucks and uniformed technicians and that a dispatcher called with the names of the crew before they showed up."<ref name="tws17oct02"/> There are indications that these businesses are growing.<ref name=tws17oct02/> There are different firms operating.<ref name=tws26oct09>{{cite news
| title = Handyman Matters.
| publisher = Handyman Matters website
| date = 2009-10-26
| url = http://www.handymanmatters.com/Local-Article.asp?locID=129&artID=167
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
}}</ref><ref name=tws26oct12>{{cite news
| title = Mr. Handyman
| publisher = Mr. Handyman website
| date = 2009-10-26
| url = http://mrhandyman40.reachlocal.net/ppc/request-service/rl-new-jersey.aspx?cpgnId=025C9BE2-F6A1-42df-BDD1-F3DA8D3120EC
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
}}</ref><ref name=tws26oct20/><ref name=tws26oct36>{{cite news
| author = Jayne O'Donnell
| title = Rent-A-Husband handyman service raises questions
| publisher = USA TODAY
| date = 2009-10-21
| url = http://m.usatoday.com/Money/858472/full/%3Bjsessionid=C067996EC025B1712C933FDB466534B5.wap2
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
}}</ref>
 
[[Image:Bathroom floor and tiling.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Picture of a bathroom floor.|A handyman built this bathroom floor. Plumbers and electricians added pipes and wires underneath. 3/4 inch plywood was added. Compound smoothed out irregularities. Vinyl glue-backed tiles were applied. Plumbers installed a toilet and shower surround.]]
 
Other competitors include online referral services.<ref name=tws17oct04/> In addition, some large home centers offer installation services for products such as cabinets and carpet installation.<ref name=tws17oct02/> Sometimes homeowners contact a professional service after trying, but failing, to do repair work themselves; in one instance, a [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]] homeowner attempted a project but called a technician to finish the project, and the overall cost was substantial.<ref name=tws17oct05>{{cite news
| author = SUSAN SAULNY
| title = Even to Save Cash, Don’t Try This Stuff at Home
| publisher = New York Times
| date = May 16, 2009
| url = http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/us/17blunders.html
| accessdate = 2009-10-17
}}</ref>


Handymen businesses seem to be increasingly prevalent. One handyman advised others about how to run a successfuly handyman business with basic pointers (1) return phone calls (2) show up when promised (3) do quality work (4) keep homeowners place clean (5) guarantee your work.<ref>{{cite web
Critic David Ebony in ''[[Art in America]]'' wrote that Hatton "experiments with complex and sometimes contradictory spatial relationships" and that his landscapes "consist of Cubist-inspired fractured planes and shifting, multiple perspectives."<ref name=tws01janfbbvxx>{{cite news
|author= Patrick Cash
|author= David Ebony
|title= Thinking About Starting A Handyman Business?
|title= Julian Hatton at Elizabeth Harris
|publisher= ''Handyman-Business.com''
|quote= ...experiments with complex and sometimes contradictory spatial relationships ... Cubist-inspired fractured planes and shifting, multiple perspectives...
|date= 2010-02-21
|publisher= ''Art in America''
|url= http://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/infbusiness/thinkingabouthandymanbus.html
|date= 2005-05
|accessdate= 2010-02-21
|url= http://www.julianhatton.net/AIA_95.html
}}</ref>
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
 
}}</ref> Critic Joel Silverstein in ''Reviewny.com'' suggested Hatton's paintings "sing to each other in a high key citron-like color" and compared him to [[Paul Gauguin]], [[Joan Miro|Miro]] and [[Ludwig von Hofmann|Hofmann]].<ref name=tws01jan1qq2qbb/> He described Hatton as a "lyrical designer" who "abstracts form by promoting visual attractiveness."<ref name=tws01jan1qq2qbb/>
{{cquote|By doing those three things I made myself stand out from the competition. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve had people tell me I was the only person who called them back or I was the only person who would even show up to give them an estimate.<ref>{{cite web
|author= Patrick Cash
|title= Thinking About Starting A Handyman Business?
|publisher= ''Handyman-Business.com''
|date= 2010-02-21
|url= http://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/infbusiness/thinkingabouthandymanbus.html
|accessdate= 2010-02-21
}}</ref>}}


===Assessment of Handyman Options===
==Awards and grants==
How well do the franchise chains perform? One ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' reporting team did an informal assessment by hiring "handymen all over the country and asked them to fix a wide range of problems, from a relatively routine leaky faucet to a sticky door."<ref name=tws26oct20/> The reporter concluded that "with few licensing requirements and standards for the industry, prices are all over the board."<ref name=tws26oct20/> One quote was ten times as large as another.<ref name=tws26oct20/> Further, the reporter concluded "A big corporate name is no guarantee of quality or speedy service."<ref name=tws26oct20/> One corporate firm took three weeks to fix a stuck door.<ref name=tws26oct20/> Service varied from spotty to good, with complaints about unreturned phone calls, service people standing on dining room chairs, leaving holes between wood planking, but liked getting multiple jobs done instead of just one.<ref name=tws26oct20/> Customers liked handymen wearing hospital booties (to avoid tracking dirt in houses).<ref name=tws26oct20/> The reporter chronicled one experience with repairing a water-damaged ceiling. A franchise firm fixed it for $1,530; a second (non-franchise local handyman) fixed a similar ceiling for $125.<ref name=tws26oct20/> The reporter prefered the second worker, despite the fact that he "doesn't have a fancy van -- or carry proof of insurance."<ref name=tws26oct20/> Tips for selecting a good handyman include: ask questions, get written estimates on company stationery, make sure handymen guarantee their work, pay with credit cards or checks because this provides an additional record of each transaction, check references and licenses, and review feedback about the contractors from Internet sites.<ref name=tws26oct02>{{cite news
* 1992&ndash;MacDowell Residency Fellowship<ref name=tws01janfgbcc>{{cite web
| author = Joel Bell
|title= The Artist&ndash;Julian Hatton
| title = The Nuts and Bolts of Choosing a Handyman
|quote= 1998&ndash;New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting; 1995&ndash;Rochefort-en-Terre, Art Colony Fellowship, Brittany, France; 1993&ndash;National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.; 1992&ndash;MacDowell Residency Fellowship
| publisher = Reuters
|publisher= ''ArtOnline''
| date = Sep 9, 2009
|date= 2010-01-01
| url = http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS107057+09-Sep-2009+PRN20090909
|url= http://artonlinesite.com/art/at_ta.asp?artwork_id=659
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
|accessdate= 2010-01-01
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
* 1993&ndash;National Endowment for the Arts, [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=tws01janfgbcc/>
* 1995&ndash;Rochefort-en-Terre, Art Colony Fellowship, [[Brittany, France]]<ref name=tws01janfgbcc/>
* 1998&ndash;New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting<ref name=tws01janfgbcc/>
* 2001&ndash;Pollock-Krasner Grant in Painting
* 2007&ndash;Award in Art, [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]]<ref>[http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_search.php ''Julian Hatton American Academy of Arts and Letters Award winner'']</ref>


[[Image:Kitchen tiles.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Picture of tiles above a kitchen stove|Tiling is another medium-level handyman job which most homeowners can do successfully, provided they follow directions carefully. Install a temporary level board to hold tiles while working upwards (so tiles don't slip down during drying phase); remove board, then tile the bottom row.]]
==See also==
 
* [[Landscape painting]]
==Tools==
* [[Abstract expressionism]]
 
* [[Fauvism]]
What tools do most handymen have? One source suggested the most necessary tools were these: hammer, saw, stapler, screwdrivers,  drill with bits, level, clamps, pliers, wrench, tape measure (25 feet length is preferred), utility knife,flashlight, toilet plunger.<ref>{{cite web
* [[American modernism]]
|title= Handy Tolls
|publisher= ''Super Handyman''
|date= 2010-02-21
|url= http://www.thesuperhandyman.com/tools.html
|accessdate= 2010-02-21
}}</ref> Basic supplies include tape ([[electrical tape]] and [[duct tape]]), various [[glue]]s, [[spackle]],  fasteners, sandpaper, and [[lubricant]]s.  A tool box to put them in helps keep them organized. A [[screwdriver]] set which includes both the traditional flat blade bits as well as Phillips (four sided) will handle most tasks.
 
Powered tools greatly increase speed and efficiency. They're more expensive, but can accomplish a wide variety of tasks quickly. In the past hundred years, [[circular saw]]s, powered drills, and other tools augmented with electric power have greatly increased the capability of handymen to get tasks done efficiently and safely. A powered drill-driver with a reversible function is highly recommended; it's better than non-powered screwdrivers since it handles multiple tasks. In addition, drill bits and screw heads can be interchanged in a few seconds for flexibility with most models. It is often efficient, however, to have several drill-drivers at hand rather than constantly changing the bit in a single tool, when, for example, it is necessary to drill screw holes and then drive and possibly [[countersink]] the screw.
 
Cordless power tools with rechargeable batteries allow increased mobility since they reduce fuss with electric cords, although batteries are expensive and degrade over time. Newer rechargeable batteries made of lithium promise to make batteries retain charges longer. Handymen using corded models should get a long (25 foot) extension cord with multiple outlets, so prevent having to keep switching plugs around. An organizing see-through box with a generous assortment of differing sizes of screws and nails can save repeated trips to a store. A powered circular saw can handle a wide variety of cutting tasks. While a hand-held level will meet most needs, consider some of the newer laser-light levels which can project a thin red line across a wide surface and eliminate a need for chalk lines. A powered [[sander#oscillating sander|vibrating sander]] can be a terrific tool; consider a lightweight model with a tip to get into small spaces.
 
==Legal issues==
Generally, in the [[United States]], there are few legal issues if an unpaid homeowner works on a project within their own home, with some exceptions. Some jurisdictions require paid handypeople to be licensed and/or insured. [[New Jersey]], for example, requires all handymen who work in for-profit businesses serving residential and commercial customers, to be registered and insured.<ref name=tws27oct101>{{cite news
| title = Starting a Business in NJ
| publisher = State of New Jersey: Department of the Treasury
| date = 2008-11-11
| url = http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/br1.shtml
| accessdate = 2009-10-27
}}</ref> Often handymen are barred from major [[plumbing]], electrical wiring, or gas-fitting projects for safety reasons, and authorities sometimes require workers to be licensed in particular trades. However, minor plumbing work such as fixing water taps, connecting sinks, fixing leaks, or installing new washing machines, are usually permitted to be done without licensing. Many handymen are insured under a property damage liability policy, so that accidental property damage from negligence or accidents are covered.
 
==Handymen in popular culture==
The handyman image recurs in popular culture. There have been songs about handymen recorded by [[Elvis Presley]] in 1964, Del Shannon in 1964, James Taylor in 1977.<ref name=tws26oct05>{{cite news
| author = BEN SISARIO
| title = Lost Elvis Song Turns Up
| publisher = New York Times
| date = August 21, 2003
| url = http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/21/movies/lost-elvis-song-turns-up.html
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
}}</ref> There are femme-fatale TV characters who fall for handymen.<ref name=tws26oct06>{{cite news
| author = Mary McNamara
| title = Review: 'Maneater' -- Jennifer (Marla Sokoloff), the sweet-faced rich girl who has the hots for her handyman.
| publisher = Los Angeles Times
| date = May 29, 2009
| url = http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/05/index.html
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
}}</ref> Handymen have been portrayed in books and films, generally positively, as do-gooder helpful types, but not particularly smart or ambitious. In a book by author Carolyn See called ''The Handyman'', a handyman is really an aspiring but discouraged artist who transforms the lives of people he works for, as well as sleeping with some of his clients, and his experiences improve his artistic output.<ref name=tws26oct03>{{cite news
| author = Elizabeth Gleicke
| title = Books: The Handyman By Carolyn See
| publisher = Time Magazine
| date = Apr. 12, 1999
| url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990713,00.html
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
}}</ref> The book suggests handymen discover "the appalling loneliness of the women who call him for help" whose needs are sometimes "comic," sometimes "heartbreaking," and deep down "sexual."<ref name=tws26oct04>{{cite news
| author = DAVID WILLIS McCULLOUGH
| title = Home Improvement -- Carolyn See's handyman hero can manage the tasks that matter most.
| publisher = New York Times: Books
| date = March 21, 1999
| url = http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/03/21/reviews/990321.21mccullt.html
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
}}</ref> A 1980 movie called ''The Handyman'' was about a carpenter-plumber who was "good at what he does" but is "too honest and trusting", and gets taken advantage of by "women who find him handsome and understanding;" the movie earned negative reviews from critic Vincent Canby.<ref name=tws26oct13>{{cite news
| author = Vincent Canby
| title = Movie Review -- The Handyman (1980)
| publisher = New York Times
| date = September 27, 1980
| url = http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C02E7D61638F934A1575AC0A966948260
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
}}</ref> Other movies have used a rather tired formula of sexy-handyman meets bored-housewives, such as ''The Ups and Downs of a Handyman'', a 1975 movie in which "Handsome Bob also finds he's a fast favorite with the local housewives, who seem to have more than small repairs on their minds."<ref name=tws26oct15>{{cite news
| title = The Ups and Downs of a Handyman (1975) movie review; alternate title: The Happy Housewives
| publisher = New York Times
| date = 1975
| url = http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/145643/The-Ups-and-Downs-of-a-Handyman/overview
| accessdate = 2009-10-26
}}</ref> In [[Canada]], there's a television show called Canada's Worst Handyman which is a reality-show in which contestants work hard ''not'' to become labeled as the ''worst handyman''. Home Improvement was an American television sitcom starring Tim Allen, which aired 1991 to 1999.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.julianhatton.net/ Artist's website]
* [http://www.grossmccleaf.com/artistpages/hattonROP.htm Artist's paintings online]

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Julian Burroughs Hatton III is an American landscape abstract artist from New York City[1] whose paintings have appeared in galleries in the United States and France. The New York Times described his painting style as "vibrant, playful, semi-abstract landscapes"[2] while New York Sun art critic John Goodrich compared him to French painter Bonnard.[3] Hatton's abstract landscapes have been compared to paintings by Arthur Dove and Georgia O'Keeffe because of his "unbridled love of pure, hot color" similar to Gaughin and the Fauves, according to critic Ann Landi of ARTnews.[4] Hatton's vision is of "a nature that you can literally eat with your eyes, eye candy transposed onto the entire world," according to critic Joel Silverstein.[5] Hatton lives and works in New York City.

Early years

Hatton was born in Grand Haven, Michigan.[6] The cold Michigan climate with two months of good weather each year, contrasted with the cold flat landscape influenced his sense of color, he recalled later.[7] He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1974 and from Harvard University in 1979 with a major in art history.[6] Painting in the north of France helped him develop his understanding of color and landscape.[7] His first application to the Studio School in New York was rejected since he lacked a portfolio. He studied with painter Fernando Zobel in Spain, returned with a portfolio, and was accepted.[8] He enrolled at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture from 1980 to 1982.[6][9] After school, Hatton lived the life of a struggling artist, working at the Water Club restaurant in Manhattan for eight years.[8]

Later he worked with decorative painters, painting interiors of apartments and restaurants, while living in SoHo.[10] In between jobs, Hatton took his portable easel and paint supplies and bicycled to Breezy Point and Prospect Park.[11] Often he would work new painting over old, using parts of the old painting to help solve formal and symbolic problems, while responding to the landscape at hand.[11]

Through trial and error he discovered an innate affinity for bold saturated color as well as a love of abstraction that shadowed naturalism. His work has been called "lyrical."[12] During these years he often worked with fellow artist and wife Alison Berry. His work began to receive recognition, and his paintings started to be shown in art galleries.

Career

Hatton exhibited at Manhattan galleries including Elizabeth Harris Gallery, Kathryn Markel Gallery, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, Frank Mario Gallery, Jon Leon Gallery, Eighth Floor Gallery, Lohin Geduld Gallery and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational Exhibit.[6] He has exhibited his artwork in Washington, Atlanta, San Francisco, Dallas, Charlotte, La Jolla, and Southwest Harbor and Belfast in Maine.[6] His work was shown internationally at the Museum at Rochefort-en-Terre in Brittany, France.[6]

ArtInfo described his paintings as "boldly integrating invented and observed shapes and colors" with his "own lexicon of shapes and lines which he arranges in innovative ways" using a "homemade visual syntax" yielding a "feast of contradictions."[13] During these years he taught at the Rhode Island School of Design as well as Swarthmore College and the Vermont Studio Center.[14] His paintings have appeared in the Hijirizaka Collection in Tokyo, the IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust in New York, and at Brook Partners in Dallas. His paintings are in numerous collections, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to the Steve Wynn collection in Las Vegas.

Reactions by critics

New York Times critics have described his painting style as a "layered shapes in saturated colors"[15] which were "vibrant, playful, semi-abstract landscapes" which "layers broad, richly colored shapes of trees, rivers and hills into funky, tautly frontal arcadian visions."[2] Paintings had a "mix of Fauvism, Abstract Expressionism and outsider vision.[2]

Art critic John Goodrich of the New York Sun felt Hatton's paintings were less "real" in terms of factual description but they "contain their own peculiar truths, evident in keenly felt colors and designs."[16] Goodrich felt Hatton "finds expression through his forms."[17] Hatton's paintings "remind us of the potency of a particular modernist aesthetic, and they reward prolonged looking."[17] Goodrich elaborated:

“ The paintings' most intriguing aspect, however, remains their combination of loose allusions and tight rhythms. As with Bonnard, a kind of muscular whimsy prevails.[16][18][19] ”

Critic Ann Landi of ARTnews wrote there was "something endearingly anachronistic about Julian Hatton's abstractions" which had an "unbridled love of pure, hot color," and compared Hatton to Arthur Dove, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Gauguin and the Fauvres.[4]

Critic David Ebony in Art in America wrote that Hatton "experiments with complex and sometimes contradictory spatial relationships" and that his landscapes "consist of Cubist-inspired fractured planes and shifting, multiple perspectives."[20] Critic Joel Silverstein in Reviewny.com suggested Hatton's paintings "sing to each other in a high key citron-like color" and compared him to Paul Gauguin, Miro and Hofmann.[5] He described Hatton as a "lyrical designer" who "abstracts form by promoting visual attractiveness."[5]

Awards and grants

See also

References

  1. ↑ Vivien Raynor. ART; Full House at Gallery in Marlborough, 'The New York Times', June 17, 1990. Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “... Julian Hatton ...”
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Johnson. Julian Hattan, 'The New York Times', 1999-04-09. Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “Vibrant, playful, semi-abstract landscapes ...”
  3. ↑ John Goodrich. Locating Truth Within a Grand Illusion, 'The New York Sun', April 3, 2008. Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “As with Bonnard, a kind of muscular whimsy prevails.”
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ann Landi. Reviews: New York; Julian Hatton / Elizabeth Harris Gallery, 'ARTnews', 2006-07-01. Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “...and an unbridled love of pure, hot color ...”
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Joel Silverstein. Curious Terrain, 'Reviewny.com', 2001-04-01. Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “The paintings sing to each other ...”
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Julian Hatton. Julian Hatton website (2010-01-01). Retrieved on 2010-01-01.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Harry Swartz-Turfle. Julian Hatton: From landscape to abstraction, 'Daily Gusto', October 1, 2008. Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “... Hatton said he'd never experienced anything like it, and clearly there was an affinity for that liveliness in a cold landscape.”
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Harry Swartz-Turfle. Julian Hatton: From landscape to abstraction, 'Daily Gusto', October 1, 2008. Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “Hatton also talked about coming to New York in 1980 ...”
  9. ↑ Julian Hatton. Vermont Studio Center (2008-02-11). Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “Julian Hatton (b. 1956, Grand Haven, MI) received a B.A. from Harvard and also studied at the NY Studio School. He is represented by Elizabeth Harris Gallery in NY, and has also shown at R.B. Stevenson Gallery in La Jolla, Robert Clements Gallery in Portland, and Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery in San Francisco. ... His bibliography includes The NY Times, Art Vision Magazine, and Art in America.”
  10. ↑ John Deiner et. al.. New York '98; A Friend In New York; Ever wish you had a pal in Manhattan who really knows the territory and will help you plan your next visit? You're welcome to share ours., 'Washington Post', April 12, 1998. Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “Julian Hatton and Alison Berry, fortysomething, are artists who live and paint in SoHo. They do decorative painting of restaurants and other places to supplement their starving-artists' existence. ...”
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Harry Swartz-Turfle. Julian Hatton: From landscape to abstraction, 'Daily Gusto', October 1, 2008. Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “He began taking his cigar box of paints on his bicycle and started to paint in the city. ...”
  12. ↑ Harry Swartz-Turfle. Julian Hatton: From landscape to abstraction, 'Daily Gusto', October 1, 2008. Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “His work started to get more abstract and lyrical ...”
  13. ↑ Julian Hatton: Recent Paintings. ArtInfo (April 15, 2006). Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “Julian Hatton returns to the Elizabeth Harris Gallery for his first solo show in almost four years ... Hattons paintings pay tribute to early American Modernists and remain a significant contribution to the idea of working from nature.”
  14. ↑ Section: Briefs. Muskegon Chronicle (July 21, 2007). Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “GRAND HAVEN -- Two new displays of art are on exhibit through July at the Grand Haven Area Arts Council Building, 1045 Columbus. The exhibits are by former Grand Haven resident Julian Hatton and New York City artist Alison Berry. Hatton's works on display are a collection of abstract landscape paintings. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Swarthmore College and the Vermont Studio Center. He is a 1979 graduate of Harvard College.”
  15. ↑ ART GUIDE, 'The New York Times', January 25, 2002. Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “CURIOUS TERRAIN, Elizabeth Harris, ... a jaunty semi-abstract picture made of layered shapes in saturated colors by Julian Hatton; ... (Johnson).”
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 John Goodrich. Locating Truth Within a Grand Illusion, 'The New York Sun', April 3, 2008. Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “... contain their own peculiar truths ...”
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 John Goodrich. Locating Truth Within a Grand Illusion, 'The New York Sun', April 3, 2008. Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “... Mr. Hatton finds expression through his forms...”
  18. ↑ John Goodrich. Locating Truth Within a Grand Illusion, 'The New York Sun', April 3, 2008. Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “Mr. Hatton's vibrantly colored organic shapes are both daintier and looser than Matisse's.”
  19. ↑ John Goodrich. Locating Truth Within a Grand Illusion, 'The New York Sun', April 3, 2008. Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “... a kind of muscular whimsy prevails...”
  20. ↑ David Ebony. Julian Hatton at Elizabeth Harris, 'Art in America', 2005-05. Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “...experiments with complex and sometimes contradictory spatial relationships ... Cubist-inspired fractured planes and shifting, multiple perspectives...”
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 The Artist–Julian Hatton. ArtOnline (2010-01-01). Retrieved on 2010-01-01. “1998–New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting; 1995–Rochefort-en-Terre, Art Colony Fellowship, Brittany, France; 1993–National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.; 1992–MacDowell Residency Fellowship”
  22. ↑ Julian Hatton American Academy of Arts and Letters Award winner

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