The Crane Cottage at Jekyll Island, Georgia
watercolor, 2008
Gretchen, bulldog
pastel, 2007
Jackie
Hill
A
native Tennessean, I began taking private art lessons from Mrs.
Elsa Richter while in elementary school. After continuing that instruction
through high school and from professors while in college, I graduated
with honors from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee
with two majors: political science and speech and theater arts.
Three years later I received my doctorate in law from Mercer University
in Macon, Georgia and practiced criminal prosecution for a decade
in the metro Atlanta area, rising to the Senior Assistant District
Attorney position for the Atlanta Judicial District.
Finding the schedule of a trial attorney was not compatible with
raising two young children. I became a “stay-at-home mom” and now
find that pursuing art has become an ideal career. Striving for
realism, I work from photographs or real life and like to draw diverse
subjects including landscapes, animals, still life, portraits, and
anything in between. Recently elected to serve as the Vice-President
of the Paulding Fine Arts Association and being an art instructor
for the county, I frequently confer with other artists to gather
new ideas and a fresh perspective.
