Jill Rounds
Valdez, NM
Circumnavigation
acrylic and mixed materials
36" x 36"
2023
$1500
About
Jill Rounds is a designer and artist whose creative career spans more than forty years. Her work includes field research of indigenous natural dyes in Chiapas, Mexico and a subsequent permanent exhibit of Natural Dyes for the Science Museum of Minnesota. Her career includes the fields of both fashion and design and she currently offers workshops from her home studio in Valdez. She attended the California College of Arts and Crafts, the Instituto Allende, the University of Wisconsin Art Department, Otis School of Design, and the University of NM Art Department.
Artist Statement
For most of my life I have expressed my passion for color, design, and form. My work with textiles, clay, natural dyes, and watercolor are integrated into and inform my current work. For my paintings, I begin with collage elements and other materials. Then, acrylic paint and textural media are layered onto a birch panel. Additive and subtractive techniques add a raw sophistication complexity and depth to an otherwise one dimensional surface. I love the brilliance of color and the unencumbered simplicity of working with watercolor on paper. My soul connects with the process of using material derived from Nature and the joyful witnessing of the mysteries of alchemy with the sensuality of fiber. My inspiration is derived from many sources, but ultimately, it is the beauty I find in Nature that make me feel awe. I hope to evoke emotion and intellectual curiosity with my abstract painting.
