Jill Smith Born in London, I now live and paint in Oxfordshire. I have always been interested in painting and, now that I have retired from my previous full time employment in corrosion electrochemistry and then as an IT Network Manager, I can devote more time to my painting and printmaking. I am self taught, supported by attending various evening classes, life classes, painting workshops and the membership of local art societies. I am always keen to try new techniques and media. I have exhibited and sold paintings in shared exhibitions with other artists in local galleries, in open local exhibitions and in the group exhibitions of Didcot, Wantage, Faringdon and Lechlade art societies. When painting I aim to capture those fleeting light effects on the landscape or colour combinations that transform a scene and make it special. My subject matter is often the local landscape near my home but I am always drawn to anywhere with water and/or rocks. I tend to produce ‘recognisable’ images but have recently painted some landscape montages that twist multiple views and meld them into an overall image – as Eric Morecambe said “..all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order”. |
Watercolour is my first love as a medium but I also work in oils, acrylics and mixed media. I have recently experimented with adding text and calligraphic forms into some of my pictures. When printing linocuts I have used the reduction technique whereby the finished relief print is formed by printing different layers of colour that are cut and printed from the same block of lino, the amount of lino left to print from reducing with each layer – hence the name. I try to push the process to give what I feel is a painterly outcome, which usually means there will be small variations to each print within any single edition run making each print truly unique.
Prices tend to lie in the range of £140 to £200 for framed work. Visit my website to see more of my original artwork, prints and cards or to contact me by email:
https://www.jillsmithart.co.uk
Copyright © 2020 Jill Smith
To discuss a possible commission, to purchase a painting featured here or for further information, email the artist at: [email protected]
Prices tend to lie in the range of £140 to £200 for framed work. Visit my website to see more of my original artwork, prints and cards or to contact me by email:
https://www.jillsmithart.co.uk
Copyright © 2020 Jill Smith
To discuss a possible commission, to purchase a painting featured here or for further information, email the artist at: [email protected]
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