Born in Chicago in 1978,Roscoe Hall is a painter living and working in Birmingham, Alabama.Working as a chef for nearly 27 years he used art as a life source to cope from working in some of the best kitchens in the United States. Pushing narratives of cultural exclusion within the mediums of various pigments and fabric.His works combine the culinary and fine art world. From grinding dried spices into paint pigments, building his own charcoal from oak and mesquite wood, and constantly building textures through fabric .