Art – Page 6 – Jill Millward Artwork

More progress, getting closer.

Castlerock from Morningside

14X18 oil on canvas Today I went out and did this plein air painting. I had to brave the wind and ended up painting right out of the back of the car with the canvas laying flat in the back. My canvas kept blowing away at first. Note to self- bring along the thing thatContinue reading “Castlerock from Morningside”

Homestead Trailhead

I kinda love this one, and you’re not going to hear me say that often. Today as I was organizing my studio I came across an 11×14″ plein air painting I did last fall. The painting never really worked and in general fell flat. So I picked it up and worked on it again today.Continue reading “Homestead Trailhead”

Color/landscape/abstract

Today I took an abstract I had been working on that had lost direction and took it in a new direction and made it into an abstract landscape. I tried to be loose and to use a lot of paint and vary the direction of brush strokes. It was a fun exercise to try toContinue reading “Color/landscape/abstract”

Portrait

I started this mother/daughter portrait last week and look forward to working on it more when it dries. I’ll add to their features and I will use glazes to bring up the chroma and hopefully bring them to life. I also look forward to playing around with those people and dog playing in theContinue reading “Portrait”

Huntington Beach

During our Southern California trip we made our way to Huntington Beach on a perfect 75 degree spring day, with about 10,000 other people. It was warm, blue skies, and lots of people to watch. My kids loved playing in the water even though the lifeguards worked hard to scare all the swimmers out ofContinue reading “Huntington Beach”

Looks like a mouse to me

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24×24″ oil on canvas This one is for my colorful and busy friend who loves abstracts.

Color

I’ve been working to find my voice with abstract art. I find it much more difficult than realism with portraits, dogs, landscape, plein air, and still life… with all those I have something to reference and it’s all mapped out and I paint what I see. Painting music and feelings or even just putting togetherContinue reading “Color”

Cousin Portrait

18X24″ oil on canvas This family portrait is all done, photographed, and shipped off to the grandparents. They love it. This was a gift from my friend to her patents for their 50th wedding anniversary. I worked from 2 different photographs to put it together. One of the kids all together and one of theContinue reading “Cousin Portrait”