Jill Matthews Fine Art

“My work is a quiet conversation between memory and mood.”

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been drawn to creating—to working with my hands, getting lost in process, and finding a sense of stillness through making. Even as a child, I often felt like my thoughts moved a little differently than the world around me. Art gave me a place to land. It was the one space where everything else faded, and I could simply be. It became my language, my outlet, and eventually, my compass.

My paintings are a way of slowing down. I’m always chasing a feeling of stillness, of clarity beneath the noise. My process is about subtraction—removing the unnecessary and trusting what’s left will speak the loudest.