Jill Turney

A Mancunian by birth, I now live and work in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, UK.

I am self-taught and consider myself to be an ‘intuitive artist’ who paints what I feel, and most of my work reflects my feelings from within and my mood at the time.

I approach a new canvas uncluttered without any preconceived ideas and allow my work to evolve from within myself.

I love bright colours and mainly use acrylic paint. Most of my work is on canvas with the occasional painting on hardboard. Although most of my work is in the medium of acrylic, I also present work in pastel, charcoal, mixed media. watercolour and collage.

People often see hidden images in my paintings, which add another dimension to their appeal.

I was a tutor at Scarborough Sixth Form College for eleven years, where I taught art to special needs students in the Lifelong Learning Department of the College.

October1998 Solo Exhibition ‘Colours of the Mind’ at North Street Gallery, Scarborough.

October 1998 Painting displayed in Coffee Room of Scarborough Art Gallery as part of Arts Week.

October 1998 4 paintings displayed Arts Week Exhibition held at North Street Gallery, Scarborough.

March/April 1999 Solo Exhibition at Irton Garden Centre.

April 1999 Solo Exhibition ‘The Little Picture Show’ held at the Unitarian Church, Westborough, Scarborough.

31 May to 3 July 1999 Solo Exhibition ‘Just My Imagination’ at North Street Gallery, Scarborough.

July 1999 Painting in North Street Gallery, Scarborough, as part of Age Concern Millennium Calendar Exhibition. The painting was also reproduced in the 2000 Calendar.

January 2000 to October 2001 In partnership with Husband John and Sylvia Wiley, gained a £10,000 award from Age Concern Millennium Awards. The money was used to run a successful Arts Project for ‘special needs’ people under the age of 25.

23 July to 1 August 2001 Joint Exhibition with Liz Yates – ‘A Different View’ – held at Scarborough Library.

25 - 28 March 2002 Solo Exhibition ‘Intuition’ at Fowey, Cornwall.

2003 Six Paintings to the Gallery Tresco, TRESCO, Isles of Scilly.

2004 14 Paintings to B...