Jill Musser
Colorado Oil Painter

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About The Artist
Born in Fort Collins, Colorado, Jill Musser’s paintings have been widely collected in the United States and Canada for more than a decade. Her paintings have been awarded various recognitions — including Best Traditional Artist and Best of Show — in juried and invitational shows. Her work has also been acquired by McGraw-Hill for their corporate collection.

After studying fine arts at Colorado State University, Musser pursued advanced painting studies both here and abroad. Honored to be selected for Quang Ho’s prestigious Professional Studies Class at the Art Students League of Denver (1999), Musser considers that experience among her most profound artistic influences.

About The Art  
 Painting in the alla prima style (painting into wet paint and usually finishing in one session) Jill Musser’s large, vibrant oil paintings of fruits, vegetables and flowers begin with a thick layer of white paint. She then applies pure colors with minimal brush strokes to create a glowing effect. 

The thickness of the paint produces highly textured works; indeed sometimes the creative process feels as if the artist is sculpting and carving on the canvas as well as painting.   She does very little mixing in order to produce the pure dazzling colors she captures in her larger-than-life art work.   

In a manner exactly opposite of how students are taught to use oils (starting thinly with the darkest dark), Musser paints thickly into her white base, using lots of pure color, wet paint and broad brush strokes. The freer she becomes with her technique, the more her audience seems to respond, drawn to the expansiveness and excitement of the work as well as to the bright, pure colors. 

So taken is Musser with the earth’s botanical beauties that she includes little else in her compositions, avoiding complicated foregrounds or backgrounds. “The subject matter is art enough,” says Musser. “I want the produce itself to make the strongest impact possible, to seduce the viewer as I have been seduced by how gorgeous these objects are.”

Art Study Background
Fine Art Major - Colorado State University
Workshops and Studies with artists Ray Vinella, Kim English, Skip Whitcomb, Scott Christiansen, Teresa Vito, Jeanne MacKenzie and Michelle Torrez
Quang Ho's One-Year Professional Studies Class at the Art Students League of Denver 1999.