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 too is already winning 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 and 2007, and Best of Show at Estes Park Plein Air 2007. The Art Academy Museum of Easton, MD, purchased one of her paintings for its permanent collection last year.

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.