The Flying Pig Gallery Showing the New Work of Jill Verbick

Using personal life experiences as brush strokes in her paintings, Jill Verbick focuses on enveloping the figure in carefully selected symbols, colors and forms to create an intimate conversation in each work of art. She works in a number of mediums, from pastel to oil to acrylics, and her love of the figure and portraiture will be on display at The Flying Pig Gallery and Greenspace in Algoma.

In the last few years, an illness has affected her eyesight, and the world is slowly becoming a blur.

“Had I The Wisdom” by Jill Verbick.

“As an artist, this affects me everyday,” said Verbick. “I demand that my work rise to a higher level just when my body is challenging my ability to live up to that ideal…As the clock ticks and lines fade, I paint with both joy and sadness.”

Even though her eyesight continues to fail, Verbick has captured minute details in her works on display. Sometimes using two pairs of glasses to help find her way through the brush strokes and color of each grid of the painting, “Had I The Wisdom,” “Sacrifice” and “United We Stand” each provide insight into this artist and her take on the world.

After a short hiatus from painting Verbick hopes to continue telling her stories, but in a much looser painting format, hoping that the time away from painting will help her find the way back to the style that encompassed most of her early work.

Verbick has been a self-taught professional artist and illustrator for over 30 years. Her award winning works have been exhibited in over 30 Wisconsin museums, galleries and festivals. Verbick also teaches workshops on art marketing and various painting techniques and processes. She is a full-time artist and arts advocate residing in the Milwaukee area.

The Flying Pig Gallery and Greenspace is located at N6975 Hwy 42, two miles south of Algoma. The gallery is open 9 am – 6 pm daily. For gallery and event information, please call 920.487.9902 or visit http://www.theflyingpig.biz.