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Mingling in the Magic of Oils
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2020/07 – July
There’s nothing plain about Jill Wolfe’s latest Laurel cover heralding this summer’s Plein Air Festival, set for July 15-19 on the Village Green.
In her capable hands, Abstraction, Impressionism, and interpretive realism mingle in a mashup of landscape magic.
That’s a style she’s perfected and settled into after years of experimentation and study with world class masters. Her work is in high-demand and hanging in the finest regional residences, often as a focal point in her all-the-comforts-of-home interior designs.
She’s one of the few commissionable artists who can accommodate unusual corners, craftable crevices, anomalous spaces. She’s a wow-factor wonder with a psychic meter that registers what you secretly desire. She’ll leave you cooing, “Jeepers. I never knew I wanted, no, needed that!”
As Jill’s evolution as a painter progressed, she absorbed vital tips from the greats, among them
Marianne Mitchell.
“Marianne instilled the insight that abstraction must have a quality that draws the viewer. Without it, the painting is lifeless, she says.”
It’s tricky business since abstraction, by its very definition, is not representational. So Jill hybridized genres to express her feel for nature, her love of color, and her expression of emotion to catch the eye and fill the heart.
When asked how Covid 19 affected her production, she replies, “I’m selling online now. I post one painting at a time and they sell pretty quickly. The gallery system is evolving. I don’t know how brick and mortar galleries will shift, but I do know galleries and museums play an important role in the real-life visual art experience. In the meantime, artists and their representatives are looking for creative alternatives to the salon concept. There’s always opportunities. You’ve just got to find them.”
In the meantime, she’s active in the Plein Air Festival, serving on the committee and participating on the Green. She’s selling paintings online, and her Angelhouse Interior Design business keeps her hopping.
You can contact Jill at [email protected]; angelhousedesigns.com or jillwolfefineart.com.
