Biography

After the four year B.A. course at Hornsey college of art, Jill spent three years as Art Director at Polydor records. Later going freelance as a record cover designer for many years working on L.P. cover design for artists such as the Who, the Jam, Siouxie and the Banshees, XTC and many more.

Two generations of oil painters have inspired the work; her father G.R.Mumford and grandfather R.T.Mumford. To further her studies in oil painting Jill attended the Slade school of art in the 1990.

Inspired by nature, colour, space and form Jill paints in her N.E. Hertfordshire studio mostly painting in the genre of still life. Setting up compositions with harmonious colour relationships while looking for interesting abstract shapes in the compositions.

Jill also paints and draws regularly from life models and practises plein air painting.

In November 2023 Jill took part and co-curated "the shape of shadows"; a mixed show of eight international women artists at the Fitzrovia gallery, Whitfield Street, London W.1.
She exhibits regularly with the Cambridge Drawing Society and Hertford art society.

Please contact me at jillmumford9@gmail.com.