Snail Story

Taking a class with Renee Jorgensen and learning about the calligraphy of Irene Wellington, I decided to do my calligraphy and illustrations on silk. This is a little story about snails, and their slime. I put the poem into the lines of slime. 11 x 60" I am also proud of the leafy background which is accomplished with no resist. $125.00

Bacon Silk (joke)

At Christmas, my family was here and my grandson saw a silk on the stretcher.  I had just painted a background that, to me, looked like a sunset.  He saw a very large piece of bacon.  After he said that that is all I could see too.  So I added some quills, the alphabet, and finally a dark red on top with salt.
It now can be worn with my new red jacket.  11x60" Sold.

Matching Red Jacket

For Christmas, Tauni gave me this dressy dark red, metallic jacket.  I decided I would like a silk to go with it.  The dark red was a real challenge, but I think this silk is complementary.  I tried to keep it simple (for me).  11x 60"  NFS at this time.

The Denver Art Museum Demo Silk

This is the steamed, finished autumn silk that I made while demonstrating silk painting at the Denver Art Museum, 9/14/13.  It is 11 x 60", says, "The Leaves are falling, falling, fall. . ."  $120.00  I just love this one.

Paste Dragon from Class

My silk teacher is trying to get my to loosen up.  This was an assignment in class.  I used thickened dyes to draw the dragon and fill her in.  After steaming the dragon, I added some gold resist to lighten up the dark lines.  She is a nice dragon!  12 x 60" SOLD

Simple landscape with Quotes

8 x 72"   Paste paper style  landscape.  The quotes are about nature.  Sorry, the photos don't show the subtle writing at each color change. SOLD

Fall Colored Curly Cues

Rich colors, a touch of gold resist, mostly done with thickened dyes in the paste paper style.  See the detail on some of the 'tails'.  8 x 72"  SOLD

Fire Colored Paste Paper Style

Another in my series of paste paper style scarves.  This one is so pretty.  No resist on this except for my signature. 12 x 60"  SOLD  I am making another one.

Blue, Purple, Yellow Paste Paper Style

August, 2013. 8 x 72"  I am experimenting with painting on silk with thickened dyes in the paste paper style.  I have hundreds of paste paper paintings on paper (Arches Text Wove) which I use in my calligraphy projects; i.e. books, backgrounds, cards, etc.  Now I will show several silks in the same genre.  $40.00

Jill's Displays

I have a silk and art display at the Belmar Library, Lakewood, CO right now; May and June, 2013.  The portrait was taken by Bob Maynard Photography while we were at our Studio Walk, May 4 & 5 in Erie, CO.  There were four artists in one home; we had 60-70 visitors each day with lots of fun, sales and networking.

Butterfly Flight

Another friend suggested that I add the details to the ends of the scarf.  So I put the butterflies on the ends and then drew their flight patterns all over the silks.  The calligraphy on the margins is all about butterflies.  12 x 60"  Sold

Whimsy Woodlands

12 x 60"  This started off as a tangle drawing, but then flowers, woodsy plants and critters also snuck into the drawings.  I have this in a gallery in Boulder, Co right now for May/June 2013. Sold

Simply Color

My friend asked for a silk with no lines or drawing on it.  So I played with this one.  After steaming there was a permanent water spot on it, so I made some little hearts in that area and the silk is finished.  It is fun to wear this one.  SOLD

Rainbow colors

8 x 72" silk with small flowers in each color.  I tried sugar on this silk and tried to keep it simple.  $80.00

Go, Ladybugs, Go!

This is the last silk I painted before the big move to the Denver area.  In the photo it is not steamed yet.  I was using up the dyes I thought I couldn't move and just made a spotty pattern for the background.  That looked really unprofessional, so I washed it out, unsteamed.  Lots of the dye stayed in the silk, so it was time to get creative.  I started adding ladybugs, and here it is.  12 x 60"  Sold

More Silk Tangles

The tangle world of abstract doodling is just magic with silks.  I do have writing as the border.  The words are always meaningful and philosophical.  The resist is silver with a dark blue border.  Doesn't this just make you want to go to your wardrobe and find something to wear with it.  12 x 60"  Sold

Conference Silk

This silk was made in Santa Fe at the SPIN conference.  The class I took was about using no resists.  I do have it framed, thus the reflections.  It is very soft and glowing.  I was very pleased with the total effect, but will use different dyes next time.  The painting is already sold.  

SW Desert long silk

This silk is in a display case at an art show.  It also won an honorable mention prize.  I was inspired by the scenery around Santa Fe where I attended my first SPIN (Silk Painters International) conference in July, 2012.  12 x 60" Sold

Happy Birthday Silk

This silk says Happy Birthday which is incorporated into the design.  I love writing and making it part of the total presentation.  Sold!

Love Is a Rainbow of Chaos

11"x 60" silk inspired by the FDL Visual Artist group exhibit for the play 'RENT'.  The title is written on the whole silk with the lettering creating the visual spaces for the rainbow of colors.  This is a very vivid silk scarf.  Sold