Jill Millward Artwork

Chickadee

Bald Eagle

My brother in law took a photo of a bald eagle and posted it on Facebook, I grabbed it and used it for today’s crittrscape. I believe the eagle is sitting on the edge of a rice field near Chico, California. 4×4 oil on canvas

Critterscape #1

My ongoing 2017 project will be Critterscapes. I enjoy painting these quick small pieces and trying different compositions. At the end of the year I hope to take them all in to have them scanned and made into some sort for children’s book. Maybe an animal ABC or the likes. We will see. I alsoContinue reading “Critterscape #1”

Cabin scenes

I received this commission just before Christmas. A friend who has a cabin up near McCall, Idaho asked me to paint 5 different cabin scenes on blocks of wood from her property. She went out and collected the fallen wood, planed it down, and finished it, and passed it on to me to use asContinue reading “Cabin scenes”

Cardinal Dyptich

New Etsy Listings!

I just listed these 5 paintings on etsy! Please check them out.

My friends son

I just, By the skin of my teeth, finished this cute kids portrait. I painted this for my friend for her birthday which is tomorrow. I have a cool frame to put it in but the painting is still wet! Darn it. Last year I painted a portrait of her daughter for her bday. SheContinue reading “My friends son”

15 year break

I took a 15 year break from oil painting when I had my kids. During that time I took up a bunch of different non toxic hobbies. I thought I’d share some of them with you all. The first thing I learn how to do was quilt. I made a lot of quilts, mostly cribContinue reading “15 year break”