Jill bikes around, stopping at coffee shops and other public places where her interest is people and their preoccupations and gestures. She records what she observes … then re-positions them in new scenes and environments … in oil … on canvas … a reinterpretation of the meaning of their behavior. This could produce some wild paintings!
Self Portrait with Dog
Go Jill!
Close-up of One of Jill’s Sculptures:
Jill Carpenter Sculpture
Jill shares her studio with Rena Vela. Here is their studio door:
Studio Door
Mary P Williams 
[…] Jill did a Quinceanera, or “Sweet Sixteen” figure, with all the Mexican symbols, as it is done here in the Rio Grande Valley. Manuel Lince "3-D Torso" […]
Hey Mary! I look completely gross in this pic. However, at least you got my name out there! Thanks!!!! By the way, you are an excellent painter.