Overview
It starts with a single tree in the landscape: ancient, complex, grotesque even, and witness to history. - Jill Lear
Jill Lear is a painter whose primary subject and inspiration are trees in the landscape as a means of transcribing not only the experience of being in, and thinking about Nature but also the way in which we process the world around us. It begins with a single tree in the landscape, Jill notes the latitude and longitude, and then she systematically considers the space and form of the tree. Like Gorky before her Lear’s paintings are a study of space between the subjects. Her paintings are neither embedded in realism, nor are they committed abstractions. Rather her paintings are a mapping of the experience. It is precisely this complexity and ambiguity that makes the pieces so compelling. Distilling the elements that make up these ancient beings until the white space invites as much investigation as her color and lines. With post impressionistic influences with vivid colors, geometric forms and brush strokes suggestive of Cezanne, Lear’s trees have a striking aesthetic appeal.
Works
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Eminent Domain VI
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Charlotte Oak VI (35° 13’ 45.25” N 80° 47’ 26.25” W)
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Bird (Undisclosed)
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Quercus III, Falmouth
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Forest (Undisclosed)
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Seven Sisters VIII (Anemone)
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Eminent Domain I (Grosse Tête Oak)
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Oak Alley Plantation Oak VI
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MBF SB VI, Moreton Bay Fig, Santa Barbara
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28°09'08.9"N 96°58'35.9"WGoose Island Attendant Oak VIII (Winter)
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Seven Brothers Oak VII
Press
Publications
Exhibitions
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Deck the Walls
Group Exhibition 11 December 2023 - 24 January 2024Each December/January Gilman Contemporary celebrates the diversity of the artists they bring to Sun Valley with their group exhibition, Deck the Walls. This dynamic group show teases upcoming feature exhibitions...Read more -
Pulp Reality
Exploring Paper as a Medium 28 February - 11 April 2023A group show with works by Jill Lear, Peter Clark, Jeri Eisenberg, and Joanne Freeman. Paper is a distinctive medium in these artist's practice, from collage to encaustic coated photographs...Read more -
Deck The Walls
Exhibiting a diverse selection of new works from gallery artists 1 December 2022 - 17 January 2023Each December Gilman Contemporary celebrates the diversity of the artists they bring to Sun Valley with a dynamic group exhibition. This year the gallery teases future summer exhibitions including Carmen...Read more