Jf Mazur

“With my paintings I invite my audience to see how I see and feel how I feel. Like most artists, I simply aim to capture what I think is beautiful in this world and share it.”

Bio:Jillian Mazur grew up in Long Island, New York. Her love of art began when she could hold a pencil and continued to be her focus throughout her education and career.
Jillian opened a studio in Oakland, Maryland in 2011. There she created Appalachian inspired landscape paintings, commissioned portraits, as well as offered classes and lessons to children and adults.

J.F. Mazur Studio, Oakland, Maryland, opened during the summer of 2011. From June of that year until it's recent relocation to New Mexico, the studio has offered over 10 different categories of classes and camps to nearly 200 students yearly. In May of 2016, after completing the Ryder Studio atelier, Jillian moved her studio and art school to Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Dedicated to her personal growth as an artist and teacher, Jillian continues to work on landscape and portrait collections at her studio and attends seasonal ateliers in painting and drawing. Recently completing a nine month atelier in figure drawing and portrait painting at The Ryder Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico in ...

Jillian received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from West Virginia University, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a focus in painting, 2008.

Study under master painters, Naijun Zhang 2003-2008
Anthony Ryder 2015-2017, Nicole Michelle Tully 2015-2017

University of Hertfordshire, UK. 2006
Studio Escalier, Argenton-Chateau, France, April 2015, 2017
Ryder Studio, Santa Fe, NM, 2015, 2017

Images of Appreciation, solo show, Garrett County Arts Council, 2014
Mountain Maryland, Saville Gallery, 2015
Ryder Studio Group Show, Argos Gallery, 2016, 2017