Jill Carver
Jill's work has been featured in Southwest Art magazine, Plein Air Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, Art of the West, and Western Art and Architecture.
In 2014, Jill won the Gold Medal (Artists' Choice) for Best in Show at Maynard Dixon Country and in the same year was inaugurated as Signature Member in 'Plein Air Painters of America'; she currently serves on the board. Previously, she won numerous awards including: 'Artists Choice' at the Laguna Beach Invitational in 2009; and, at Plein Air Easton in 2008. She participated in the highly regarded Coors show in 2016 and 2017, and was invited as Guest Artist at the Northwest Rendevous Show in 2016 and 2018.
Originally from London, England, Jill Carver moved to the United States in 2002. Before becoming a full time professional artist, she was a curatorial research assistant at the National Portrait Gallery in London for twelve years. She is a popular and highly regarded teacher.
Galleries:
- The Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- The Insight Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
- Wood River Fine Arts, Ketchum, ID
- The Turquoise Door Gallery, Telluride, CO
Affiliations:
- Vice President, Plein Air Painters of America
- Member - Northwest Rendevous Group
Publications:
- Short feature, Western Art & Architecture, Dec/Jan 2018/2019
- Feature length, Southwest Art, September 2017
- Feature length, Art of the West, May/June 2015
- Feature length, Plein Air Magazine, Summer 2011
- Feature length, Southwest Art, June 2010
- 'Artist to watch', Fine Art Connoisseur, Sept/Oct 2010
Blog interview:
- By John Pototscnick, April 2014
Podcast interviews:
Carl Olson, Episode 6, The Artful Painter, 'Breaking the Force Field'
Eric Rhodes , Plein Air Podcast, Episode 84, July 2018.
Antrese Wood, The Savvy Painter, Episode 41,
The Artist Road, 'Voices of Experience', January 2015.
