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Jill Carver: The Wild Southwest, Forces and Form | Artist Insights
Jill Carver: Ancient Landscapes - A Visual Journal (Virtual Opening / Live Q&A)
Carver, Jill
"My work explores the dialogue between abstraction and realism, and I enjoy that ‘dance’ or ‘tension’. As I keep reminding my students, artists should think of themselves as poets rather than journalists. I want to say something ‘specific’ about my reaction to a place or a moment in time – to capture the essence but not the whole. I process any idea through analyzing it in terms of shapes of abstract color rather than content. Certain elements will be eliminated totally and others exaggerated to achieve that goal. I particularly enjoy taking something ordinary or incidental and creating an iconic image of it that celebrates nature and challenges the viewer to be more observant of their surroundings.” - Jill Carver
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Jill Carver: Western Landscape Painter - Epi 185, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
When you listen to this podcast, you'll be immersed in that component of going through a traumatic diagnosis. Toward the middle portion of the podcast, Jill gives valuable insight into her and many other women's battles and how she came out on top. That's exactly the kind of thing that I hope to provide my listeners and viewers. An honest look behind the canvas, so to speak.
Jill Carver: Western Landscape Painter - Epi. 120, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
Jill grew up in England and has been living in the Southwest since 2002. She had this circuitous road to becoming the well-respected painter she is today, beginning with her education in the UK and the thought of becoming a finance professional, getting a degree in history, to finally following her heart as an artist. Along the way, she gets a position at the National Portrait Gallery in London and works there for 12 years. Jill ends moving across the pond and now she's one of the foremost landscape painters of America.