Jill trained at Cambridge University and Putney School of Art and Design. Raised in rural Scotland, she primarily works in response to wildlife – its resilience, its design and now increasingly its vulnerability.

“Jill’s particular genius is to distill the essence of the natural world and in so doing make it something more than itself. Her work is not photographically reproductive and in her manipulation of scale she nimbly creates pieces which pulse with subtle and mischievous life. She imbues her creatures with character without anthropomorphising. The result is the true definition of art: through the medium of the artist the subject is transformed and given more than ordinary significance. Jill’s technical skill is matched by her wisdom, wit and passionate engagement with the world around her and it is these qualities which are the underpinnings of her work and why every piece she makes is simply, viscerally, compellingly beautiful.”

Francesca Brill, writer and film maker

Current themes:

The Corvid family – Ravens, Rooks and Crows. Travelling round the UK, she has collated a body of work celebrating the antics of these intelligent and resourceful creatures.

Darwin’s Birds: Mixed media explorations of loss.

Solo portraits: Large, single portraits of animals and birds