Artist Statement
Jill Shalless
There is a store of visual delights awaiting every day. Some
fleeting, a passing figure, a shaft of light or a momentary glimpse. Others are
diligently recorded, noted and filed. Some make it onto canvas or paper, some baffle,
frustrate and challenge my capabilities and vision. Others emerge with ease. A
rare few meet all my expectations reinvigorating the passion and drive to stick
at it.
Making art occupies much of my life and provides me with
great satisfaction, that it can convey something to others is a genuine source
of happiness. In teaching this same joy and reverence comes whilst sharing the
challenge of depicting our beautiful world.