Thornhill, ON, Canada
Jill Segal is an award winning professional artist and accomplished art teacher. She lives in Toront...
About the artist
Joined In 2016
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About the artist
Joined In 2016
(25 Followers)
Jill Segal is an award winning professional artist and accomplished art teacher. She lives in Toronto,Canada and spends the winter months in Naples, Florida. She conducts demonstrations, classes and workshops, in acrylic painting, collage and a combination of yoga and painting, for numerous art associations and educational institutions, locally and internationally. She is on the Faculty of The Haliburton School of the Arts Summer College, the Naples Art Association and the Centers for the Arts, Bonita Springs. She has co-facilitated many workshops on spirituality and creativity, and has taken groups of artists on painting trips to Peru, and South Africa.
Jill’s acrylic and mixed media paintings express her fascination with the natural beauty of the world around her. Her paintings are celebrations of life, reflecting the inherent energy in nature and the interconnectedness of all things.
Jill’s style is bold, colourful and expressionistic She uses collage and other interesting textures, to capture the essence of her subject matter.
“I love to travel and have journeyed to many of the sacred sites of the world. These, include awe inspiring places, often designated as “Pilgrimage Sites” where I and others have experienced a fee...
Jill has been drawing and painting since childhood and has studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) and the Haliburton School of Fine Arts. She also taken numerous workshops with many prominent artists, including: Margaret Roseman, Lila Lewis Irving, Brian Atyeo, Gerald Brommer, Mary Todd Beam, Robert Burridge, Theresa Girard.
Inspirations Artists and Design Gallery 2017 ongoing
Markham Group of Artists Annual Show 2019
27th Annual Members Exhibition, Centers for the Arts Bonita Springs, — 2016.
Naples Art Association Member show— 2016
Dorset Art and Garden Tour - 2015
Naples Art Association Student show – 2012
Annual Juried shows of Toronto Watercolour Society – 1987 –2015
Toronto Watercolour Society OCAD Outreach Gallery – 2000
Toronto Watercolour Society, Hollander York Gallery – 2003
Annual Juried Show. Visual Arts Mississauga, Art Gallery of Mississauga – 1999-2006
Toronto Outdoor Art Show – 1996
Annual Juried Shows, Willowdale Group of Artists – 1996
Studio 737 Art Gallery – 1998 – 2015
Rails End Gallery, Haliburton – 1999 – ongoing
Sweet Art Gallery – 2013 – 2015
Biennial Staff Show, Von Liebig Art Centre – 2013, 2015
Art Provo, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos – 2006 – ongoing
Ethel Curry Gallery – 2004 – ongoing
Open Studio Show – 1995 – 2012
The Framing Place and Gallery – 2002 – 2010
The Oxtongue Craft Cabin – 2000 – 2012
For the love of art Gallery – 2007
Algonquin Art Centre – 2006
Canadian Opera Art Show And Sale, Hummingbird Centre – 1997 – 2006
Thornhill Artists Studio To...
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