Mosman born artist whose family history extends over the last 100 years. Jill studied at the National Art School, East Sydney for 3 years before training at and graduating from the Sydney Teachers College. Her teaching career consisted of years at high schools at Narrabeen, Sydney, Maitland in the Hunter Valley and as Art Mistress at Willoughby Girls High School Sydney,
During this time Jill designed costumes, sets and posters for various theatre groups and worked as a freelance designer for a Sydney printing company, specialising in designs with an Australian theme for export.
During the 1970s she studied Chinese brush painting techniques for more than seven years, investigating the combination of these techniques with fabric, painting and creative embroidery. Jill continues to explore the possibilities of in corporating the spontaneity of watercolour painting (her preferred medium) with discipline and essential simplicity of the Chinese Brush Painting Method, using predominantly floral subject matter. More recently she has developed a colourful, spectacular technique for exotic flora such as lotus, hibiscus and frangipani.
For several years Jills work has featured in many Sydney School Art Exhibitions including St. Josephs. Riverview, St Augustines and Barker College. She is regularly commissioned to produce paintings and her work is represented in collections in Australia and overseas.
Awards
Richard Glover's Sydney Radio 702/AGNSW Archibald Prize Competition
Winner 2007: Finalist 2006
Lane Cove Art Society Winner Watercolour Prize 2004
National Cancer Council Art, Prose and Poetry Competition Winner Art Prize 1996
Numerous Solo Exhibitions and Group Exhibitions throughout NSW.