A prize-winning Connecticut artist from Burlington, CT, incorporates her experiences as a painter and a dancer with her successful use of painted papers, markings, ink, and printing into abstracts, flora collages, and landscapes. Her works capture the energy and rhythm of a dancer in lively colorful abstracts.
Jill is honored to be a member of the Gallery on the Green, Canton; an Elected Member of West Hartford Art League and was also a member of MIXUS, a group of mixed media artists who exhibited their work as a group from 2005-11 in CT galleries. She is now a member of Paper Dolls, a group of mixed media artists that is based at the West Hartford Art League and had its first exhibition at West Hartford Art League in September 2018.
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Artist Statement
I discovered how much I loved to make visual art after moving from my homeland, England, to the USA in 1992 with my American husband, Jack Pasanen. I had completed an education and career in the world of dance as a dancer, choreographer and dance educator. When I arrived in the USA, I enrolled in an evening class for beginning watercolor painting and just got hooked. However, my love for watercolor painting expanded and I watched with fascination as my painting style evolved into prize-winning mixed media and collage. I set myself the challenge of finding a way to combine my new love of collaging with my steadfast love of dance. The two framed pieces in the Fisher Gallery represent two pieces resulting from of this journey. I have explored my love of the visual imagery and physical energy of dance in a variety of ways. Sometimes I focus on just the complex linear relationships of choreography and sometimes my focus is on translating physical energy visually. I have loved this journey and I hope that my work captures it well.
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