JillAnsellNov 6, 20202 minThe Lester Prize The portrait of Eric, which I called 'Jack of all Trades', was selected as a finalist in the Lester Prize for Portraiture. Apologies to...
JillAnsellJul 24, 20201 minEric : Jack of All Trades. Finalist Eric Nidd was an intrepid individual whose life embraced so many places and occupations that he became a Jack of all Trades – the...
JillAnsellSep 8, 20171 minMiscellaneousToo many versions of Jill in this post, but when you want to do a portrait and your sitter isn’t available, you use the closest face-...
JillAnsellMay 17, 20173 minBeverley Boy: Soldier 452 This belated post is the final version of a work I started last year while on a residency in Beverley and then sold at the Skin Deep...
JillAnsellSep 14, 20162 minLoisI’ve just stopped painting this portrait of my multitalented friend Lois. I hesitate to say it is finished, because I can already see...
JillAnsellJun 7, 20161 minArtist in Residence Once again I took myself off to the little Wheatbelt town of Beverley for couple of weeks as Artist in residence. There is no doubt that...
JillAnsellApr 14, 20161 minPublic Art at Curtin I studied at Curtin University many years ago and have had little reason since to return and wander amongst its cold concrete walls, but...
JillAnsellAug 16, 20151 minBust Exhibition at Zig Zag gallery Our group exhibition opened last Saturday night in wild winter weather at the lovely Zig Zag gallery in Kalamunda. Our group’s previous...
JillAnsellJul 26, 20151 minPublic Art Project: FremantleMy Fast Track Art students have been involved in creating public artworks in Fremantle for nearly 10 years. Christine George, through the...
JillAnsellMay 12, 20152 minWeekend Walk It seems a long time since I completed a beach painting, but Artists Palette Magazine suggested I paint one as a demonstration painting...
JillAnsellJan 2, 20151 minSkin DeepThe inaugural Western Australian Portrait Artists exhibition ‘Skin Deep’ opened at Kidogo Art House on Friday night. The very talented...
JillAnsellNov 9, 20141 minArtist in Residence - BeverleyI’ve just spent a delightful few days as artist in residence in the lovely Avon Valley town of Beverley. Beverley has renovated the old...
JillAnsellJul 17, 20141 minPortrait of Graeme I asked my Uncle Graeme to pose for this portrait some time ago and got the chance when my lovely Aunt dropped him off so she could go...
JillAnsellMay 25, 20141 minPop-up studioI am out of the shed at least temporarily and sharing a pop up studio with fellow local artists Beba Hall and Joanna Wakefield at the...
JillAnsellApr 20, 20141 minPublic Art transforms Perth I have loved watching the transformation of parts of our city in ‘Public:Art in the City’ Exhibition. It is fantastic to see national and...
JillAnsellDec 15, 20131 min‘Night Quest with Stella and Ravens’ Just finished this commission for a lovely client. I enjoyed the quirky quest feel of this work and painting in all those rich darks....
JillAnsellSep 24, 20131 minThe Text Just reluctantly delivered to The Sir Charles Gairdner Award. Only reluctant as I still wanted another day or two to fiddle with...
JillAnsellMay 21, 20131 minUrban Art As a complete change from my own recent painting efforts by myself with a small brush in the studio, my students and I have been madly...
JillAnsellApr 30, 20131 minFrom Fragments I am in the process of assembling six small works inside drawers from an old treadle sewing machine. These are real joint works of art....
JillAnsellMar 8, 20131 minInternational Women’s Day This small painting is for the International Women’s Day exhibition that opens tonight at DiVerse gallery, 54 Angove street, North Perth....