Statement

"I am an artist who paints landscapes because the earth is my first love. When I’m in nature, I never feel alone — I always feel the presence of a spiritual force.

My paintings rarely include people, because the presence of a human seems to take away from my communication with nature. I want the viewer to experience the passion and energy of a storm, or the threat of a natural disaster

I see myself as a fragile, rather insignificant being surrounded by the forces of nature. Rather than paint what my eyes see, I paint what I feel as I view nature: the sun shining on a dirt path in a forest becomes a safe, comforting haven; the dense fog moving through a Redwood forest becomes a blanket of solitude and introspection; the dark, thundering clouds of a storm become violent energy, threatening destruction. I always perceive human qualities in nature."

– Jill Rosean Tishman  Pleasanton, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico