Jill Smith – portfolio

Contact the artist

https://www.jillsmithart.co.uk
07802 873035
enquiries[at]jillsmithart.co.uk

Exhibition information

The venue in the downstairs exhibition room of the Vale and Downland Museum, Wantage, is exhibiting a wide selection of new landscapes and other work, mostly in a traditional style, by established local artist Jill Smith. Colourful oils and watercolours in a variety of shapes and sizes will be on display, framed and unframed, together with original hand-produced linocut prints, reproduction giclée prints of paintings and greetings cards. Fellow artist Patsy Jones will be sharing the exhibition venue with her landscape oil paintings, linocuts and collages. 

The Vale and Downland museum can be found in Church Street, Wantage, OX12 8BL, tucked behind the Market Square and opposite the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. Parking is available (ticket required, first hour free) at three Council owned car parks, the closest to the museum being on Portway (OX12 9BU), alternatively Limborough Road (OX12 9AJ) and Mill Street (OX12 9AJ).

 

Artist information

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 occasionally paint more abstracted pieces as a change.

Watercolour is my first love as a medium but lately I have been working more in oils, acrylics or mixed media and occasionally reduction linocut printing. I try to push the reduction linocut 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.