Jill Corless

Jill was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada but now resides in Florida. From a young age she was always happiest while drawing and creating. She graduated from the Ontario College of Art with a four-year degree in Communication and Design but considers her Fine Art self-taught. She stopped painting entirely in 1984 and always felt she had lost a large piece of herself without it. It wasn’t until September of 2017 that she finally started back with her art. She started with colored pencils and then made the switch over to pastels and now also works in oils and watercolors. Jill is honored to be a juried member of the prestigious International Guild of realism, the International Society of Animal Artists, considered to be the virtual whos’ who of animal art, and the Pastel Society of America.