Born in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire in 1946, Jill has lived and worked in Scarborough, North Yorkshire since 1991.

She is self-taught and describes herself as an ‘intuitive artist' who paints what she feels, and most of her work reflects her feelings from within and her mood at the time.

Jill approaches a new canvas uncluttered with any preconceived ideas and allows her work to evolve from within herself.

Jill loves bright colours and uses acrylic paint, undiluted. Most of her work is on canvas with the occasional painting on hardboard. In addtition to her acrylics, more recently she has been experimenting with great results in Pastels and Collage.

Jill is also a tutor at Scarborough Sixth Form College, where she teaches art to special needs students in the Lifelong Learning arm of the College.