"... fascinated by the textures, patterns, colours and light changes in the landscape"

Jill Draper

After gaining a degree at Leicester College of Art in Printed Textiles, I spent many years using fabric dye and machine embroidery as my mediums for depicting the landscape. I learnt the possibilities and limitations of these and wanting a change of direction, and to be known as “an artist” rather than “a crafts person”, have now chosen to concentrate purely on working in watercolour and water-soluble pencils on paper. I am enjoying the new freedom of this, whilst still retaining my personal obsession begun in my embroidered work, for the painting of detail. In both disciplines the process of analysis is the same working out a sequence of layering to achieve the finished image.

I have always been fascinated by the textures, patterns, colours and light changes in the landscape, and passionate about trying to capture them. Recently I have been exploring the play of light on and within water, and capturing how it distorts objects and adds movement and space to a painting.

watercolour artist
Jill Draper

previous exhibitions at the bell gallery

works previously at the bell gallery:

For all enquiries and availability of works to be purchased via the gallery, please call 01986 894456 or email: jackie@thebellgallery.com

Autumn sentinals

Watercolour
Framed 46cm x 46cm
£250

Snowy tracks

Watercolour
Framed 46cm x 46cm
£250

Wake One

Watercolour
Framed 52cm x 52cm
£350

Wake Two

Watercolour
Framed 52cm x 52cm
£350

Scattered flints

Watercolour
Framed 74cm x 74cm
£1200

Snowy tracks

Watercolour
Framed 74cm x 74cm
£1200

Sea holly in the dunes

Watercolour
Framed 72cm x 56cm
£650

Sand over chalk

Watercolour
Framed 72cm x 56cm
£900

Sea worn two

Watercolour
Framed 63cm x 52cm
£550

Cornish Blue

Watercolour
Framed 69cm x 56cm
£650

Ripples above ripples below

Watercolour
Framed 74cm x 74cm
£1100

The sand bar

Watercolour
Framed 74cm x 60cm
£800

Mackerel sky

Watercolour
Framed 56cm x 69cm
£350

Into the shallows

Watercolour
Framed 74cm x 74cm
£1200

Mackerel sky

Watercolour
Framed 55cm x 66cm
£800

The breaker

Watercolour
Framed 73cm x 42cm
£350

Water and light

Watercolour
Framed 90cm x 58cm
£1500