CMAG acquire Jill’s work for their collection
Following Jill’s recent exhibition, Cornwall Museum & Art Gallery (CMAG) have acquired Jill’s work for their permanent collection.
‘Geevor Galaxy Dreaming’ is a large, limited edition print, a deeply-etched, multi-coloured layered etching on steel, deeply ‘bitten’ by leaving in acid for a long time. It contains subtle map drawings taken from archival maps which Jill studied of the Geevor and Levant historic tin mines in West Cornwall, overlaid with images of bryophytes – the rare and peculiar tiny plants that colonise contaminated post-mining ground. Jill is interested in the idea of an alternative nature and alternative beauty to be found in these often bleak and overlooked environments.
