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WHAT INFLUENCES YOUR ART MAKING?A guy in one of my favourite forever movies put an ad in the paper trying to put a band together. As soon as each prospective band member showed up at his door, he’d ask, ‘Who are your influences?’
I think only God is capable of creating from absolute scratch, and all of us ... Read More |
ARE YOU A ‘REAL’ ARTIST IF YOU HAVE A DAY JOB?Because of current goings on in the jillalife, I find myself returning to a subject I touched on two years ago~ how art is, in fact, a real job. As in, if you were to reply to someone who might tell an artist to get a real job.
By ‘real job’, I mean the kind that you might go to an office for ... Read More |
ON THE LEVEL WITH ONLINE EXHIBITSLast weekend, I had the pleasure of attending Ang INK’s 30th anniversary exhibit opening which took place online. That was something special and I’m glad I was able to make it.
The opening made me think a bit about how ‘the current situation’ ... 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 15 solo exhibitions at several Manila galleries as well as the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Ayala Museum.
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