
I enjoy painting with acrylics and adding mixed media and various surface embellishments. My work is abstract but usually incorporates recognizable imagery. Strong, saturated colors, firmly structured compositions and surface textures are important. Inspiration comes from both painting theory challenges and from memories of an African childhood.
![]() "Lilies" - Acrylic, collage - 11 x 14 |
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"Happy Trees Orange" - Acrylic - 11 x 14 |
About the Artist:
Jillian trained in Art Education at the Michaelis School of Art,
University of Cape Town, South Africa. She developed the Gifted and
Talented Development Center at Queens University in Charlotte which she
directed for over twenty years. During this time she opened and
operated seven art schools in the Charlotte and Triangle areas under
license to Mona Brookes, author “Drawing with Children”.
Currently Jillian teaches art at Follow the Child Montessori School in Raleigh, as well as teaching workshops at ArtSpace, Jerry’s Artarama, Cary Senior Center, Apex Community Center and Wake Technical College Continuing Education. She will be creating three instructional DVDs for children at Burning Oak Studios in Raleigh this summer, which will be distributed internationally through Jerry’s Artarama.
Together with her business partner and fellow Capetonian, Lara Visser, she offers art classes and summer camps for children in Cary at the Lara’nJillzArt studio.
Jillian is available for professional teacher training workshops and private classes.
Limited editions of giclee prints may be ordered upon request from
paintings on exhibition. Contact the artist at 919-637-1675 or by
email, Jillian@jillzart.com
Jillian may be contacted at 919-637-1675 or by E-Mail

