Originally from England, Jill Carver moved to Austin, Texas in 2002. Following a twelve-year career as a curatorial research assistant at the National Portrait Gallery in London she now paints full-time. Believing that one should ‘grow where one is planted’, she has been fast to establish herself here and has become well known for her renderings of the Texas Hill Country, the Davis Mountains, and of the Big Bend region. Painting trips to Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Utah have further extended her knowledge of the Western landscape. She has already won recognition and awards for her work in national juried shows - a 'Jury's Top 50' and a ‘Judge’s Honorable Mention’ award at the Greenhouse Gallery's International Salon Show, 2006, 2007, 2009; 'Best of Show' at Estes Park  2007; 'Best of Show' at the annual exhibition of the Outdoor Painters Society, 2008; 2nd Place at Telluride Plein Air 2008; 1st Place Telluride 2009, 'Artists' Choice' and 'Honorable Mention' at Plein Air Easton 2008; 'Artists' Choice' at San Luis Obispo', 2008; 'Artists' Choice' at Sedona Invitational Plein Air Festival; Best Architectural Painting, Plein Air Easton 2009 and just recently in October 2009 'Artists' Choice' at the prestigious Laguna Beach Invitational. The Art Academy Museum of Easton, MD, has purchased two of her paintings for its permanent collection.

In January 2009 the editors of Southwest Art Magazine named her as one of ten artists to watch. This year she was invited as a 'guest artist' to participate in the prestigious Maynard Dixon Country event in Mount Carmel, Utah.

Her paintings have immediate visual impact. The canvases read well from a distance; then close up they dissolve into a series of brush-strokes clearly and confidently rendered. Knowledge and observation are essential elements of her working practice and to achieve this she spends a large proportion of her time painting on location – on both small and large canvases.