jillian green

blue garden

6 july - 4 august 2007

Jillian’s paintings and drawings have referenced the spiritual and reflected her interest in theology for several years.

Her works in general have not sourced inspiration from just one religion, but from many. However in this exhibition, she has concentrated on the intricate and beautiful patterns of Islamic art that have fascinated her for many years. Historically Islamic art and architecture has evolved from a faith that prohibits the depiction of holy figures, resulting in sophisticated and breathtaking geometric patterning. Earlier this year it was discovered, by Harvard and Princeton University researchers, that these ancient designs, some from over 500 years ago, exhibit advanced decagonal quasicrystal geometry, meaning they are predictable but do not regularly repeat themselves. Some Islamic medieval buildings are covered in sophisticated decagonal symmetric patterns that never repeat. This is a concept discovered by Western mathematicians and physicists only in the 1970s and 1980s.

Jillian's exhibition attempts to pay homage to the incredible art and architecture of the Islamic world, its artisans and its influence on European culture. Beautifully crafted blue, white and gold paintings form the main body of the exhibition. Several are the usual four sided variety of paintings, but others are influenced by the many sided tiles found on Islamic architecture.

Jillian graduated from Edith Cowan University in 2001, but has been exhibiting since 1989.  Her work can be found in several public collections, including Murdoch University, Royal Perth Hospital, Edith Cowan University, the Cruthers Collection, New Norcia and King Edward Hospital.

jillian green artwork
blue mosque
oil on canvas covered board
60 x 30cm [x2]
2007
$1,600 sold
jillian green artwork
screen
oil on hemp covered board
60 x 30cm
2007
$880 sold
jillian green artwork
veil
oil on canvas covered board
60 x 30cm
2007
$880 sold
jillian green artwork
lattice
oil on canvas covered board
60 x 30cm
2007
$880 sold
jillian green artwork
thousand weavings
oil on canvas covered board
60 x 60cm [x2]
2007
$1,600
jillian green artwork
carpet page
oil on carpet covered board
60 x 30cm
2007
$880 sold
jillian green artwork
arcade
oil on canvas
120 x 20cm
2007
$1,500 sold
jillian green artwork
star prayer
oil on canvas
120 x 20cm
2007
$1,400
jillian green artwork
minaret passage
oil on canvas
120 x 40cm [x2]
2007
$2,000 sold
jillian green artwork
summer house
oil on canvas
120 x 20cm
2007
$1,400
jillian green artwork
arabesque
oil on belgium linen covered board
70.5 x 70.5cm
2007
$1,900
jillian green artwork
shade
oil on belgium linen covered board
70.5 x 70.5cm
2007
$1,900 sold
jillian green artwork
glaze
oil on belgium linen covered board
50.8 x 50.8cm
2007
$1,900
jillian green artwork
ghandi's vision test
oil on canvas covered board
107.5 x 51cm
2007
$2,200
jillian green artwork
black mosque
oil on canvas covered board
107.5 x 51cm
2007
$2,200
jillian green artwork
the alphabet of everyday ordinary acts of surrender
oil + enamel on belgium linen covered board
26.5 x 10.3cm [x28]
2007
$8,500 sold