Gallery

Jill Lister & Frances Allerton

01.10.2024-29.10.2024

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

Paintings inspired by the Somerset Levels, and beyond.

As a child Jill was a thinker and a dreamer with her head in the clouds.

After 44 years working for the NHS with her feet firmly on the ground, she still has her head in the clouds. She walks over the Levels and along the river Parrett every day, taking joy and inspiration from the colours and textures around her.

Jill is a member of SAW and has exhibited her paintings at Heron House for the last three years. Jill and Frances have also had a joint exhibition.

Jill mainly paints in soft pastels, enjoying the immediacy of blending colours with her hands to form atmospheric landscapes. She also likes to experiment with oil paints and inks.

Frances has painted in oils and other media all her life alongside a career in social services. The horizontal lines of her Levels home are a recurrent feature in her paintings, amongst departures to other landscapes and subjects.

Jill and Frances are very conscious of environmental issues in the wider world and on a local level. They have participated in several art projects, organising community art groups, drawing, flag making and have recently contributed to the new Community Garden in Langport.

Jill and Frances hope you enjoy their paintings.

Frances Allerton                                                  Jill Lister