JILL JEFFREY ATD, PS

CURRICULUM VITAE

 Biographical Details:

Fine Arts Degree

Resident Designer, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Set up and ran Design Room at RST until 1990

Head of Art, Solihull Sixth Form College

Artist on Tour , Royal National Theatre World Tour 1990/ 91

Artist in Residence RST 1993

Painting full time 1994 onwards.

Paintings held in private collections throughout the UK and USA, Canada, Switzerland, Italy and New Zealand.

 Artist's Statement:

The landscape of the west of the British Isles influences me greatly, especially Pembrokeshire, Wester Ross and the Hebrides.

I visit as often as possible and hope to settle in the north soon.

Methods of Working:

I work in oils, pastels and mixed media on primed board or 300 gm paper using a variety of techniques including

thin washes, textured surfaces, sgraffito, palette knife and house painter's brushes.

I usually work on several pieces at the same time, using sketches from the landscape and a fair amount of imagination.

I never work from photographs unless commissioned to do so.

Scholarships/Awards/Prizes:

Sarah Samuels Fine Paintings Award

The Pastel Society, Mall Gallery

The Royal Society of Birmingham Artists

The Royal Shakespeare Design Award

The Arts Council Designers Award