Still Life – Page 3 – Jill Millward Artwork

Still Life with Birds

8×24″ oil on canvas This was a lot of fun to paint. I had been eyeing a pile of tree trimmings across the street for at least a week and today I dragged them into my studio and painted them and then added some birds.

Happy Thanksgiving

Plein Air

12X12 oil on panel Today I went to a plein air painting class but it rained and rained so we decided to stay inside and paint still life. This is mine from today, I gave it to my friend that hosted at her house.

Limes Away

12X12 oil on canvas First of all, thank you for the really nice response to my sons work yesterday. He was happy to read all the nice comments you guys left. He’s a good kid. Some things come easy to him and some things he struggles with. I want to clarify that he takes aContinue reading “Limes Away”

Dress

This one is clearly inspired by Wayne Thibaud’s “Yellow Dress.” I painted this well over a year ago when I was picking up my paintbrush again after a long break from oil painting- while my kids kept me really busy. It’s my daughters little dress. I hung it on the wall and painted it asContinue reading “Dress”

Watercolor Cuties & Oil Cuties & another marathon

Whenever I just want to paint something, I grab a bunch of little cuties. You know, the little mandarin oranges. Are they called Cuties around the world? I think I like my oil painting better…but this is watercolor #1. Or really #2 if you count the little Self Portrait I did in 2003. I see one littleContinue reading “Watercolor Cuties & Oil Cuties & another marathon”

Spring Break-Sunday Dinner

Painting my way through Spring Break. One more about Ukiah! What’s spring break like for you? Do you have a favorite place or people you visit? I’d love to hear your stories/traditions. We seem to have a spring break routine we follow & this year I took more pictures than usual so I can paintContinue reading “Spring Break-Sunday Dinner”

Lemons

Here’s another huge still life I painted for my sister. It’s a bowl of lemons. Last time I was in Ukiah I only had time to sketch out the underpainting in acrylics. She took it and hung it in her house alongside the huge pears. Now that I see it hung, I like the waitContinue reading “Lemons”

Little Cuties

I painted this still life of mandarin oranges this morning. I love the loose, fast, carefree feel to this one. I was going to paint strawberries but we didn’t have any, so I grabbed a bunch of mandarins and set them up in the early morning light. Their shadows were getting shorter as the sunContinue reading “Little Cuties”

Two Apples

oil on canvas 24X48″ Here’s another painting I did for my sister to go along with the giant still life of pears. She has them both hanging in her beautiful house. She likes oversized still life of fruit.