Jill Millward Artwork

Framed and ready for auction fundraiser

I was asked if I’d like to donate a painting for the Boise High fundraiser and this is the one I chose. I had it framed and it’s ready to go.

California Oak Trees

I want to run down this path into the California green grass and oak trees. A friend and fellow Northern Californian asked me to paint this NorCal oak tree scene for her. Spring and Summer in this area are always so lush and green, bright green. Bright- bright- green. I miss it so much, especiallyContinue reading “California Oak Trees”

Time for a New Bouquet

These are the flowers I bought last week to use as a still life. It was a much fuller bouquet and one by one the flowers have been dying and I have been plucking them out. Now I’m down to just 3 ranunculus and the greenery. If I touch the ranunculus the petals fall off.Continue reading “Time for a New Bouquet”

Roses

9X12″ oil on canvas Today I hit an art store closing sale and bought a bunch canvases at 80% off. Pretty nice. I bought a bunch of 24″ squares. I’ll have to figure out what to do with them.

Happy Valentine’s Day

I hope you are all having a wonderful day full of love and inspiration.

Lily

4X4″ oil on canvas

A Good Start

20X16 Oil on Canvas

Art in the Bar

I’m going to have my work in this show at the end of the month. How fun is that!?

Dress

This is one of the first paintings I did after my break from painting (because my kids were little and I couldn’t do everything). It’s still one of my favorites. It’s my daughters little white silk baptism dress. It’s clearly inspired by one of my favorite artists, Wayne Thibaud. I love the way Thibaud laysContinue reading “Dress”

Daily painting part 2

Here’s yesterday’s painting after I scraped it and brought it back. Now I’m going to let it dry and then give it another layer to see what that looks like. And here’s a before and after. Next week sometime I’ll post the before, after, and after. I honestly like it about the same both ways.