Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts

About Jill Carver

Originally from England, Jill Carver moved to the United States in 2002 following a twelve-year career as a research assistant at the National Portrait Gallery in London. She now divides her time between Austin, Texas, and Rico, Colorado. Recognition for her work has come quickly, and she has won numerous awards including ‘Artists Choice’, most recently at the Laguna Beach Invitational in 2009 and previously at Telluride in 2009 and at Plein Air Easton in 2008. The Art Academy Museum in Easton, Maryland, has purchased two of her paintings for its permanent collection. A self-confessed ‘addict’ to outdoor painting, she frequently packs up her pick-up truck and two dogs for ‘hunter- gatherer’ painting trips across the West.