Jill’s painting "Quiet Snow" won 1st place at Kent Creates "December Delights" competition.

Jill's painting "Sipping Zinnias" won 1st place in Kent Creates Hope Blooms Fall 2021 competition. 

Jill’s majestic "Heron Rising" is featured on the traffic box at the corner of 132nd  Ave SE and SE 256th on Kent's East Hill in Kent, WA.

Crows and Ravens has been selected for the annual Puget Sound Bird Fest, 2020 bird festival poster!

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Learn More about Puget Sound Bird Fest

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Two of Jill’s beautiful artworks “Dragonfly” and “Koi” were recently chosen to be showcased on 2 more Traffic Control boxes on the main SR516 (Kent-Kangley) corridor, welcoming you into the City of Covington, WA.

Two of Jill’s beautiful artworks “Dragonfly” and “Koi” were recently chosen to be showcased on 2 more Traffic Control boxes on the main SR516 (Kent-Kangley) corridor, welcoming you into the City of Covington, WA.

Jill was just inducted into Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists as a Signature Member.  PSG has a 90 year history with a reputation for Northwest art excellence.  It is a great honor. 

"Sunlight" has just been  selected by the Kent Arts Commission as a winner of the Kent Creates "Awakening" exhibit.

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July 2019

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It is now rotating for six months in the featured carousel on the Kent Creates site  www.kentcreates.com 

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#northwestwatercolorsociety  

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"Nancy's Back Porch" was selected to be the cover banner for the Northwest Watercolor Society Facebook group page for the month of June, 2019.

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The Northwest Watercolor Society (NWWS) is an internationally known and respected watercolor artist organization with over 800 members.  It is a wonderful honor!

Jill Erickson's "Purple Velvet"-2nd Place Winner at NW Watercolor Society Contest

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“Purple Velvet” just won 2nd place in the 2019 Northwest Watercolor Society “Hot Press” Spring Flowers contest. 

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"Note the velvety texture of the petals.  Beautiful wet into wet technique.”

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https://www.nwws.org/Portals/0/PDFs/MayJune2019HotPress.pdf

Poet K.S. Lapham's Poem about Jill Erickson's Orange Lily Painting

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The 

Waves of animation 

The 

Truth in colors

In 

Streams of shadows 

Your spiritual splendour 

The 

Burning brightness 

Of 

Firelike tenderness 

The 

Rainbows of your spirit 

Subliminal Poetics 7614

K. S. Lapham 

KSLAmericanPoet.com 

#Subliminalpoetry 

#Art #University #Faith #Id 

#Copyright

"Colorado Canopy"

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Jill 's "Colorado Canopy" watercolor was a winner at the "Fall Colors" competition juried by the Kent Arts Commission.  Her painting will be displayed on their website www.kentcreates.com for four months.

"Backyard Blueberry"

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Jill Erickson’s “Backyard Blueberry” greets travelers with watercolor foliage on Willis Street at the north-bound Highway 167 on-ramp in Kent, WA

"Backyard Blueberry" Dedication Ceremony

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The Kent Arts Commission and Mayor Dana Ralph dedicated the city's art on traffic control boxes during a ceremony on Wednesday, May 30, 2018.  What began a year ago as a partnership between several city departments  resulted in Jill's commission sponsored by Kent's Public Art Program