Painting – Page 14 – Jill Millward Artwork

Cardinal

This guy was a commission from my show. And I’m happy to report that my client likes it.

Canada Geese at the Park

The park by my house was full of geese. This is what Boise looks like in the winter. 4X5″ oil on canvas

Rabbit and Rocks 5×5″ oil on canvas Here’s my first painting of 2017. A lucky rabbit! I think that by the end of the year all these little paintings are going to push me out of my studio. This little canvas was originally a failed lemon 🍋 still life. For a while you could seeContinue reading “Rabbit and Rocks”

Happy New Year!🎆🎊

Another late night critterscape. I wait until everyone is in bed to paint. My kids don’t mind me painting while they are home from school over Christmas vacation, but I’ve found that I can’t concentrate on painting while they are all going different directions. And then I feel frustrated. So my solution is to paintContinue reading “Happy New Year!🎆🎊”

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”