Jill Steinhaus Artist [top]

She begins at 5:00 AM, listening to ambient drone music. She does not sketch first. Instead, she pours diluted ink onto raw canvas to "find the accident." She then responds to the accident with aggressive line work. She finishes the day by turning all the canvases to face the wall, looking at them only in reflection in a mirror the next morning to gain a "fresh, reversed perspective." Rumors in the art trade press suggest that Jill Steinhaus artist is currently in negotiations for her first major European museum solo show, likely in Berlin or London. Furthermore, she is developing an augmented reality (AR) app that will allow viewers to hold their phone up to her physical paintings to see the "ghost layers"—the drawings she painted over and buried beneath the final surface.

This move back towards technology, ironically, solidifies her place as a painter. She uses the digital to enhance the appreciation of the physical. Searching for Jill Steinhaus artist leads you down a rabbit hole of vibrant color, fractured psychology, and stunning craftsmanship. She is not an artist for the faint of heart, nor for those who seek bland decor. She is for the collector who wants a conversation starter, for the viewer who wants to feel something visceral, and for the art lover who believes that painting is not dead—it is just waking up from a very long sleep. jill steinhaus artist

Her subjects are often fragmented. You will see the contour of a woman’s shoulder melting into a geometric landscape, or a botanical leaf that morphs into an architectural column. The human figure, when it appears, is rarely whole. Instead, Steinhaus deconstructs the body into gestures. A hand reaching, a spine curving, a pair of eyes seen from three angles at once. She begins at 5:00 AM, listening to ambient drone music