About the Artist

"This art is not meant to be understood with the mind, but felt in the realm of the emotions."

~Lil McGill

Biography

Native Californian Lil McGill is a painter and poet. Her ethereal abstracts, dreamscapes, studies and explorations of pure color and mood are inspired by Frankenthaler, Jenkins and Rothko, but have a style and energy uniquely their own.

She works with acrylic paint on raw canvas, which allows the colors to flow and blend to create their own worlds, reminiscent of deep space nebulas and starbursts, undersea visions, or O’Keeffe-like florals. Keenly interested in art as a form of healing, she plans to continue her painting explorations for years to come.

Lil McGill and her husband, artist and musician R.C. Trice, currently operate their own art and framing company, and live with their children and assorted friends and wildlife in Grass Valley, California, enjoying working in an old barn which has been converted into artist studios.

Lil McGill Artist Resume

Exhibitions

2009 (Jan 1-31) SummerThyme Cafe, Colfax Highway, Grass Valley, California

2008 (Dec 1-31) Coffee Town, South Auburn Street, Grass Valley, California

2008 (June 27-Aug 15) Jazz at the Coppertop, Neal Street, Grass Valley, California

2008 (May 25 10am-5pm) Sierra Festival of the Arts, Mill Street, Grass Valley, California

2008 (May-August) Art of Healing, Auburn Faith Memorial Hospital, Auburn,California

2008 (February 1-March 15) Piscean Dreams, North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center, North San Juan, California

2008 (January 1-March 31) Ethereal Abstracts, Spa Therapy, Yuba City, California

2007 (December) Above & Beyond, Stonehouse Gallery, Nevada City, California

2007 (October 1-November 20) New Work, Flying Hare Gallery, Grass Valley, California

2007 (December) Color Explosion, Flying Hare Gallery, Grass Valley, California

2006 (October) Western Nevada County Studio Tour, The Blue Studio, Grass Valley, California

2005 (May-July) Nebula, Mill Street Gallery, Grass Valley, California, Solo Exhibition

2005 (April) Artistic Movement, Center for the Arts, Grass Valley, California, Group Show

2004 (March) Two Women Painters, Flying Hare Gallery, Grass Valley, California, with Mary Bennett

2004 Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California, Group Show

Collections

Include private homes and businesses in New York, Los Angeles, Milan, Montreal, Berlin, San Francisco, Baltimore, Portland, and Auckland, New Zealand.

Commissions

2004 - Full Spectrum, hanging canvas mural for private home, 5x8’, Nevada City, California.

Education

Vassar College, B.A. English

Lil McGill in the Long Barn, October 2007

Photo credit: Annabelle Schossig