THE ARTIST PROFILE

About Jillian K Mitchell

All my life I have loved making things and making them beautiful.  As I child I enjoyed and mastered many traditional crafts but painting became my favorite.  I went on to study Art at UNH, graduating in 1994, and have focused on painting whatever I could get my hands on ever since.

For more than twenty years I’ve been using my talents in homes, businesses, on theatrical stage sets, and film sets.  I can change the color of a room or give you a view in a room where there isn’t one.  Would you like birds flying on the ceiling or an owl in a night sky?  I can do that.  I make floors look like marquetry and walls look like brick.  I’ve painted many wooden surfaces to look like various types of stone like granite, marble or onyx.  I once painted a marble counter to look like wood.  I also do gilding, custom stencils, and refinish furniture.

In between projects, I still find time to work in the studio on my own paintings.

I was born and raised in NH, but now happily reside in NC.  I have a wonderful man, two cats, twelve gray hairs, a lot of books, and a magic closet.  I dream of an island where it never snows.