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WHAT I TOLD A YOUNG ARTIST TODAYI, fraternise a lot with a lot of folks half my age (or thereabouts) ~ not by choice, really, but by circumstance ~ and quite apart from work, too. Like today, I went to therapy and the lady in charge of the clinic is, in fact, one of those young folks.... Read More
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HOW MY DAY JOB INFLUENCES MY ART, TOOI’ve written a fair bit about artists having day jobs, I guess, and I’ve mentioned my own day job here more than I wish I had. But I guess it can’t be helped, and though I would’ve liked to keep both my jobs separate, I guess given my... Read More
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ZOOMING WITH LESLIELast night, I had a Zoom call with an artist from New York, a super nice, super kind woman named Leslie Volle. She creates these fantastic works in encaustic which I admire very much, but it’s her graphite drawings of... Read More |
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Jill is an artist and writer. Her work as an illustrator has appeared in children’s books, magazines, greeting cards and on a Philippine postage stamp. As a writer, she has written copy for leading local and multinational ad agencies, broadcasting companies and publications. She worked in radio as a writer and newscaster for over 10 years and she now lives, paints, and works in Quezon City. Born in Manila in 1975, Jill earned a Communication Arts degree in Advertising from the University of Asia and the Pacific, and a Fine Arts degree in Painting from the University of the Philippines. Her work has appeared in several group exhibitions as well as 18 solo exhibitions at several Manila galleries as well as the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Ayala Museum.
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