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Liam: Against the Grain. Finalist
Finalist in Collie Art Prize 2023 I had several circulating ideas in this painting. I was reflecting on my family. I wanted to use a...
JillAnsell
Jan 26, 20232 min read
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Unmasked : Just Ben
Painting the Honorable Ben Wyatt MP
JillAnsell
Jan 14, 20201 min read
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'Ghost' wins at York
York Art award 2019
JillAnsell
Oct 18, 20191 min read
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Bust Exhibition at Zig Zag gallery
Our group exhibition opened last Saturday night in wild winter weather at the lovely Zig Zag gallery in Kalamunda. Our group’s previous...
JillAnsell
Aug 16, 20151 min read
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Rats
Clad in beanies and armed with spray cans, we have just completed a piece of street art in Vic Park and a whole new career awaits...
JillAnsell
Jun 14, 20151 min read
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Weekend Walk
It seems a long time since I completed a beach painting, but Artists Palette Magazine suggested I paint one as a demonstration painting...
JillAnsell
May 12, 20152 min read
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The wrong kind of painting..
A very poor start to 2015 as far as Art production is concerned. I have only lifted brushes to paint walls and ceilings, though I admit...
JillAnsell
Mar 16, 20151 min read
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Artist in Residence - Beverley
I’ve just spent a delightful few days as artist in residence in the lovely Avon Valley town of Beverley. Beverley has renovated the old...
JillAnsell
Nov 9, 20141 min read
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Pop-up studio
I am out of the shed at least temporarily and sharing a pop up studio with fellow local artists Beba Hall and Joanna Wakefield at the...
JillAnsell
May 25, 20141 min read
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‘Night Quest with Stella and Ravens’
Just finished this commission for a lovely client. I enjoyed the quirky quest feel of this work and painting in all those rich darks....
JillAnsell
Dec 15, 20131 min read
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The Text
Just reluctantly delivered to The Sir Charles Gairdner Award. Only reluctant as I still wanted another day or two to fiddle with...
JillAnsell
Sep 24, 20131 min read
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Forthcoming exhibition
I received an email last week from a local gallery I like explaining that they had a cancellation in their exhibition programme and...
JillAnsell
Apr 13, 20132 min read
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International Women’s Day
This small painting is for the International Women’s Day exhibition that opens tonight at DiVerse gallery, 54 Angove street, North Perth....
JillAnsell
Mar 8, 20131 min read
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Journey Paintings
This new work belongs to what I think of as Journey paintings - paintings that mark the moving out from one stage to another, in this...
JillAnsell
Dec 9, 20121 min read
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Pushing the last minute even further..
I have painted a large version of a small painting I am fond of and sold earlier in the year . The change in scale made the painting of...
JillAnsell
Sep 3, 20121 min read
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Off to Kalgoorlie...
Here is a detail from a painting hot out of the studio. It was finished today so it could be packed up to go up to the Kalgoorlie-Boulder...
JillAnsell
Aug 15, 20121 min read
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Donation
I donated this work to be auctioned tonight at the 'Save the Children Fund' Ball. It is the one I had left after the Boom exhibition, but...
JillAnsell
Aug 11, 20121 min read
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Back in the Studio....
Apologies for my overly lengthy delay in correspondence. I have been working on a portrait of my multi talented friend Tineke to try my...
JillAnsell
Aug 6, 20121 min read
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Opening night at Oats Street Factory
Madness. Very crowded, lively and social opening night. The gallery was quickly overwhelmed and only the determined made it through to...
JillAnsell
Feb 24, 20121 min read
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Finished...
After a marathon effort on the last day, all works were finished, signed, assembled and varnished. They have now been delivered to the...
JillAnsell
Feb 20, 20121 min read
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