JILL PERROTT
Jill Perrott’s professional journey as an artist started in the early nineties when her three children had flown the nest. Having studied art at Elam in the sixties, Jill re-energized her artistic abilities at Artstation workshops and Elam summer schools and began exhibiting locally with her first “real” show at Titirangi’s Lopdell House Community Gallery in 1997. At this stage her paintings concentrated mainly on Auckland’s west coast beaches where the Perrotts spent a lot of time tramping the coastline and staying at their Piha bach. Jill has always been pre-occupied with the unique character of the west coast with its rugged bluffs, blackish bush and white light.
Since 1997 Jill has won many awards and she has exhibited widely throughout new Zealand. She has also travelled extensively throughout the country, photographing the landscape for potential paintings.
Jill’s first show in Auckland was at the Parnell gallery in 2002. The following year Jill had her first solo show in the south island at the little river gallery, Christchurch. She has continued to exhibit annually at both these galleries. She is now also represented in galleries in Matakana, Havelock North, Nelson and Dunedin.
In 2006 Jill featured in the book “New Zealand’s favourite artists”. Her work has also appeared in several other art books as well as calendars. Jill works from her studio in Titirangi Auckland, overlooking the Manukau harbour. Over the years she has experimented with textures and resins in her work and as a result her canvases have an interesting mix of surfaces that give the “feel” of the landscape.
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