Born in 1956 Jeff was raised in the country out side of Detroit where his stepfather taught him woodworking. He further learned precision craftsman skills in the industrial shops of the motor city. As a self taught airbrush artist Jeff worked his way threw art college in Baltimore  painting his visions on the curved metal of show cars and motorcycles. While in college he was recognized for his craftsmanship and was awarded a scholarship to become a craft major.

Metal, wood and clay were a familiar way for him to express his sculptural ideas. Jeff put a good collection of sculptural furniture together and showed extensively. “When I would do sculptural furniture  I would build a model out of clay first. I started to enjoy the freedom of working in clay and took on commissions sculpting architectural ornament.
 
These skills would serve him well as he worked for eleven years beside Frederick Hart one of today’s premier figure sculptors until Harts passing in 1999. Hart was best known for the "Three soldiers" at the Vietnam memorial and the seven figure "Creation" sculpture on the National Cathedral. Mr. Hart once wrote of Jeff's sculpture: "Whose quality of work rivals any in history" They often talked about the decline of classical figure sculpture, the deterioration of beauty in art, and the unseen craftsmanship. These conversations influenced the development of Jeff's architectural brick figure series. As Harts assistant Jeff helped to complete many over life size figurative monuments and Mr. Harts reverse Lucite pieces. After Harts passing, Jeff continued to realize Mr. Hart’s work until 2007, working for the Hart estate.

 Jeff received his BFA, Cum Lauda, in 1984 From the Maryland Institute college of Art, Baltimore Maryland. He received the James L. Young memorial prize, award for excellence and a merit scholarship for outstanding achievement. Hall has received numerous museum sculpture awards. His ceramic sculpture has been shown internationally and his architectural sculpture adorns government buildings, churches and estates in and around the Washington D.C. area, as well as the east coast, including two commissions for the US capitol building, The Marin Corp administration building, and the Washington National Cathedral, Washington DC