JillAnsell
Liam: Against the Grain. Finalist
Finalist in Collie Art Prize 2023 I had several circulating ideas in this painting. I was reflecting on my family. I wanted to use a...
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JillAnsell
- Aug 16, 2015
- 1 min
Bust 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...
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JillAnsell
- Jun 14, 2015
- 1 min
Rats
Clad in beanies and armed with spray cans, we have just completed a piece of street art in Vic Park and a whole new career awaits...
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JillAnsell
- May 12, 2015
- 2 min
Weekend Walk
It seems a long time since I completed a beach painting, but Artists Palette Magazine suggested I paint one as a demonstration painting...
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JillAnsell
- Mar 16, 2015
- 1 min
The wrong kind of painting..
A very poor start to 2015 as far as Art production is concerned. I have only lifted brushes to paint walls and ceilings, though I admit...
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JillAnsell
- Nov 9, 2014
- 1 min
Artist in Residence - Beverley
I’ve just spent a delightful few days as artist in residence in the lovely Avon Valley town of Beverley. Beverley has renovated the old...
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JillAnsell
- May 25, 2014
- 1 min
Pop-up studio
I 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...
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JillAnsell
- Dec 15, 2013
- 1 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....
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JillAnsell
- Sep 24, 2013
- 1 min
The Text
Just reluctantly delivered to The Sir Charles Gairdner Award. Only reluctant as I still wanted another day or two to fiddle with...
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JillAnsell
- Apr 13, 2013
- 2 min
Forthcoming exhibition
I received an email last week from a local gallery I like explaining that they had a cancellation in their exhibition programme and...
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JillAnsell
- Mar 8, 2013
- 1 min
International 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....
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JillAnsell
- Dec 9, 2012
- 1 min
Journey Paintings
This new work belongs to what I think of as Journey paintings - paintings that mark the moving out from one stage to another, in this...
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JillAnsell
- Sep 3, 2012
- 1 min
Pushing the last minute even further..
I have painted a large version of a small painting I am fond of and sold earlier in the year . The change in scale made the painting of...
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JillAnsell
- Aug 15, 2012
- 1 min
Off to Kalgoorlie...
Here is a detail from a painting hot out of the studio. It was finished today so it could be packed up to go up to the Kalgoorlie-Boulder...
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JillAnsell
- Aug 11, 2012
- 1 min
Donation
I donated this work to be auctioned tonight at the 'Save the Children Fund' Ball. It is the one I had left after the Boom exhibition, but...
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JillAnsell
- Aug 6, 2012
- 1 min
Back in the Studio....
Apologies for my overly lengthy delay in correspondence. I have been working on a portrait of my multi talented friend Tineke to try my...
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JillAnsell
- Feb 24, 2012
- 1 min
Opening night at Oats Street Factory
Madness. Very crowded, lively and social opening night. The gallery was quickly overwhelmed and only the determined made it through to...
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JillAnsell
- Feb 20, 2012
- 1 min
Finished...
After a marathon effort on the last day, all works were finished, signed, assembled and varnished. They have now been delivered to the...
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