Florida Artists Group

Artists Bio:


Jill Krasner is a intuitive artist working in a variety of mixed media materials, including watercolor, oil & cold wax, acrylic, pencil, crayon, pastel and ink.
She tends to work in series, concentrating on one particular area – still life, landscapes, figures, abstracts – creating dozens of paintings large and small, in all mediums, until she feels she has thoroughly explored her subject.
Jill is a sought-after workshop instructor, teacher and mentor  working locally and around the country.  When she is not in the classroom, she can be found in her Sarasota studio along with her Ragamuffin cat, Mozie, and her rescue Heinz  57 dog, Tucker.

Artist Statement:

    Making art is my anchor. The process of creating grounds me, keeping me in the moment. There is no past in my studio, no future. There is just now -- and now is where I belong, where I do my best work.

    Like most other people, I have experienced many detours in my life journey -- some big, some small. But, when I came here, to Florida's beautiful West Coast, my work changed. It became bright, colorful; lighter and looser. I experimented with new materials, new colors, new subject matter.  I began adding collage materials and found objects. I started using water colors and inks along with acrylics. My work became more abstract and symbolic. I rediscovered oil paint, but in a new way, mixing the oils with cold wax to add depth and texture.

    My bigger-than-life, whimsical portraits of women of a certain age; my beach scenes of cottages, palm trees and crystal blue skies are easily recognizable with my signature bold colors and simple descriptive lines.The distinctive characteristics of my work are also obvious in my architectural abstracts, rendered in mixed water media or oils. In my recent works, I layer acrylics or oil paints, collage materials, and cold wax on wood panels, creating textures reminiscent, perhaps, of old ruins and secret passages.

    My work is shown in juried exhibitions and galleries around the country. I have received numerous awards and recognitions and I am a member of  many professional water color, acrylic and oil painting organizations. Most recently, my work was featured in the March-April 2018 issue of The Watercolour Artist, June 2016 issue of Watercolor Artist, the March 2014 issue of The Ageless Woman, and prize-winning watercolor, Altered State, was published in the April 2014 issue of Watercolor Artist

Exhibitions:

Selected Solo Exhbitions:

 
Studio at Gulf & Pine, 2013, 2015
Lexow Gallery  2014, 2015
Unity Gallery 2017
Bird Key Yacht Club  2016, 2018
Art Uptown Gallery, 2013, 2016, 2018          
Voalte Gallery,Players Theatre Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Deborah Peverall Gallery, Charlotte, NC, Artisans Gallery, Princeton, NJ

Galleries:

 Art Uptown Gallery, Scarlett Feathers, Heinerman-Myers Gallery
 Muddy Creek Gallery, Bungalow Gallery, Two Plates Full
 Sticks & Steele, Juried Shows: Local, National & International

Public Commisions:

Party Animal (Donkey), DC Commission for the Arts (2002)
OC Bird, Ocean City Chamber of Commerce (2003)
Tabletop Centerpiece, DC Commission for the Arts (2005)
Eskow Commission – Anniversary Multimedia Sculpture
Pearlman Foundation Artist Violin
Designer

AWARDS AND HONORS

Emmys, Clios, Addys, Re/Max Top 100%, numerous art show awards

Experience:

1984- 1986
Director of Broadcasting
WPCQ-TV, Charlotte, NC
1982 -1984
Independent Producer
Westinghouse Television
1979-1982
Vice President, Director of Advertising/Art Director
Metromedia Television

EDUCATION     

BFA   Douglas College
Continuing Education:  Hunter College, University of Pennsylvania, Bucks County Community College, Writers Center-Bethesda

Ongoing:
Painter   Workshop Leader/Instructor in mixed media, watercolor, abstracts, oil & cold wax, marketing on Social Media
Writer, Illustrator, Juror
President, Art Uptown Gallery 2017-2019
President, FSWS 2018

Published work in various publications & books  Featured in numerous publications including International Watercolour 3/18, The Art of Watercolor 23/17.