Art of Jillian Crider - Artist's Biography

CONTACT DETAILS:
Jillian Crider,
PO Box 2086,
White City, OR - USA ...
EMAIL: jillian AT jilliancrider.com

'BIO'of Jillian Crider
Sometimes people's curiosity gets the better of them.
This is my 'bio', well somewhat, anyway, and awards.

Jillian grew up in the beach-side suburb of Grange, in Adelaide, South Australia as 'Jill Capon'
- part of the Capon and Lill families.
Her birth family is from the rural mid-north (Riverton, Saddleworth) of South Australia -
Hannaford and Noble - she was adopted at birth.
She has lived in Australia, England, Germany and USA.

Jillian was born with a talent for drawing, and, even though excelling at High School Art (lettering & History of Art), she is self-taught, as she was not able to study further. This doesn't stop her from teaching occasionally, which she enjoys immensely.

Employed through life in various fields other than art, she calls herself 'A Jill of All Trades', and this follows through to her art. A recent solo art exhibition having been entitled 'A Jill of All Shades'. Just new to book cover and illustration work (since 2001), she is probably best known for her house portraiture in pen and ink, having done over 9,000! Second to that would be her rubber stamp designs which 'only' number in the hundreds.

Her website features fine art in various mediums, and even includes some very tiny miniatures, which are collected world-wide. Three of her fine art works have won art awards, and she has been juried into numerous local exhibitions.

During her life she picked up some odd areas to apply her art - set design, jewelry design, instant lottery ticket design, theatre advertising (movies), advertising art, painting popcorn cans, stage set design, murals, paintings signs, posters, greeting cards, photography, screen printing, reverse glass painting, calligraphy, billboards, stationery, etc.

She started painting 'seriously' with a few works in 1998 when a friend wanted to see some of her artwork - she had none to show - so set about 'proving' herself as an 'artist' - this progressed to having her own gallery/studio for 2 years, opening in 2000. Currently she is able to devote more of her time to art, and hopes to produce as much as time will allow. She is expanding her art into the field of Art Trading Cards (ATC & ACEO) and other Small Format Art (SFA), for which she feels has a great future, due to their collectability.

Jillian is from South Australia, but currently located in White City, Oregon, USA after spending over 4 years in Atlanta, Georgia. And has been working as a Web Graphic Designer, but has now turned to freelance art and writing assignments as well as selling online. She has lived in Australia, England, Europe and USA, and her work is collected world-wide.

Jillian was Art Director of the Atlanta Artists Center Traveling show 2004, 2005 and outside exhibitions, and on their board of Directors.

Me: Jillian Crider. Ashland, Oregon - April 2008
Well, this is me!
Hello!

Some more of my art.

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"ARTIST CHOICE AWARDS interview with Jillian Crider"

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Jillian's Solo Exhibitions:
Lombard Art Gallery: 1993 & 2001
Thomaston Upson Art Council Gallery: 2004
Other gallery displays:
Smith-Hill Gallery
Riverton Railway Station Art Gallery
Art By The Beach, West Beach
Various Rotary, Apex Exhibitions - Multiple exhibitors
Gold Coast City Council Art Gallery
Various German Galleries (traveling exhibition)
Unknown Gallery in Tasmania (traveling exhibition)
Arts Clayton Gallery
Atlanta Artist's Center Gallery
AAC Traveling Show 2004, 2005
Grady Memorial Hospital 'Labor of Love'
Limelight Gallery (Binders Art - Buckhead, Atlanta)
Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville, GA.
Art Du Jour Gallery, Medford, OR
El Dorado Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO (29th annual miniature show)

Jillian's Awards:

29th Annual Miniature Show, El Dorado Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO - May 2010:
Merit Award - watercolor

"Artists Choice Awards" on eBay 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Juried entry into many shows, Atlanta Artist's Center 2003-2007 - enough for me to be considered a signature member - but I never filled out the forms.

Grady Memorial Hospital 'Labor of Love' 2003 - HM

Rotary Art Show, Blackwood, Award 2001
(3rd out of 852 paintings - 1st was Tom O'Callahan, 2nd was Trevor Newman - so quite an honor!)

Royal Show Art Purchase Prize, Award 1998

Finalist Eppie awards 2003 - best illustrated children's book - 'Inside A Snail's Shell' by Jenna Kay Francis (this book was also the grand prize winner for a book supporting
literacy in children).

Jillian's Art In
Corporate Collections:
Michell Wool Corporation, Salisbury, SA, Australia
Grady Memorial Hospital - Atlanta, GA, USA

Jillian's Art In
Private Gallery Collections:
Frank Siedel - USA

Jillian's Memberships:

SOSA - Southern Oregon Society of Arts
PAS-SO - Southern Oregon Plein Air Group
MASF - Miniature Art Society of Florida
AMA - Association of Miniature Artists
WSO - Watercolor Society of Oregon (Juried Mbr)

past mbr: GWS - Georgia Watercolor Society
past mbr: SCBWI (Society Children's Book Writers & Illustrators)
past mbr: SAPA (South Australian Pastel Society)
past mbr: RSASA
past mbr: Guild of Realist Painters (Au)
past mbr: Australian Miniature Art Society
past mbr: Arts Clayton
past mbr: Atlanta Artists Center
past mbr: RSASA - Royal South Australian Society of Arts (only recommended artists can join).
past mbr: Salisbury Art Society
past mbr: Henley & Grange Art Society
past mbr: Burnside Painting Group
past mbr: Freelance Forum (Atlanta)

LEADER of art groups:
ATC & ACEO Enthusiasts - eBay and ACEOenthusiasts forums at http://www.ACEOenthusiasts.com
Small Format Art *SFA* - eBay and online at http://www.SmallFormatArt.com

Collectible Miniature Art - eBay

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