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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 mid-north of South Australia - Hannaford and Noble, as 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, for which she feels has a great future, due to their collectability. She illustrates books and magazines. And has been nominated and finalist for illustrated books and book covers.

Jillian is from South Australia, but currently located in White City, Oregon, USA after spending over 4 years in Atlanta, Georgia. 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.

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 mid-north of South Australia - Hannaford and Noble, as 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 (letter... More