Jill Campbell

I am a painter inspired by the landscape of the North East and most of my work is based on an ancient mining landscape called Cockfield Fell where I walk nearly every day. My joyous abstract expressionist paintings are a result of my exploration of the interplay between what is seen and what is felt about the landscape. I use elements of what I see and combine these with my imagination to create my paintings. I am fascinated by the Fell’s strange, other-worldly, abstract shapes defined by the morning shadows and framed by big dramatic skies. Its pools, pathways, mounds, dips and curves are my motifs. I decide which shapes and colours to play with, then draw and apply layers of paint, using loose gestural marks until I find a balance and a painterly world emerges which celebrates this landscape.

2014 - Fine Art Degree, First Class, from the University of Sunderland

2019
Sept/Oct - No Borders exhibition, Kiplin Hall, Northallerton, North Yorkshire
July/Aug - Summer Show, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk
June/Aug - RA Summer Exhibition, London
May/June - LFA Annual exhibition, Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax
Feb/Mar - Fell Abstractions, Gallagher and Turner, Newcastle
Feb/May - Showcase 2019, LFA group exhibition, Huddersfield Art Gallery

2018
Oct/Jan - New Light, Tullie House Museum&Art Gallery, Carlisle
Oct/Nov - Time and Place, LFA group exhibition, Inspired by Gallery, Danby
Jun/July - Leeds Fine Artists Annual Exhibition, Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough
July - Beep Painting Biennial exhibition, Swansea
Jun - New Light, Bankside Gallery, London
May/Jun - RBSA Prize Exhibition, Birmingham
Mar/Jun - New Light, Huddersfield Art Gallery
Feb/April - Dark Skies, Inspired By Gallery, The Moors National Park, Centre Danby
Feb/April - Ferens Open, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
Jan/Feb - The Dye House Gallery, Bradford, Leeds Fine Artists