Jill Lear
Place and Space, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
Upcoming show! Opening November 25, 2011
New York Studio School Alumni Exhibition 2011, New York, NY
Juried by John Newman.
Opening Reception: November 17, 6-9 pm
8 West 8th St, NY NY 10011

http://www.nyss.org/exhibition

Signs on the Road
Winkleman Curatorial Research Lab
http://www.crl.winkleman.com
Group Show opens March 25, 2011
Place and Space
Solo Show Gallery Shoal Creek, Austin, TX
Opens March 11, 2011
Yaddo October 6 - November 16, 2010
Wonderful wonderful Yaddo!
Solo Show
Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
Opening September 3, 2010
Friesen Gallery Fine Art
Speak For The Trees. Opens April 1, 2010. Seattle, WA
Speak For The Trees
I am honored that my work has been selected for inclusion in this wonderful project.

SPEAK FOR THE TREES
Published by Marquand Books, the book format is a 12” x 11” hardcover coffee table book with 180 pages titled SPEAK FOR THE TREES. Celebrating 70 artists from around the world, each artist will be showcased on a two page spread featuring a full page/color image of their work of art [all mediums will be represented; painting, sculpture, photography, glass, etc]. The opposing page will offer two elements, the first being the artist’s statement on one or all of the following; the specific work of art featured, their body of work on trees, or their thoughts on trees. The third component to the spread will be a piece of writing chosen by the artist on the unifying theme of trees. These poems, haiku, concepts, questions, or quotes are sure to span centuries; crossing cultural and geographical barriers to combine a collective series of thoughts, observations and philosophies about trees. From Lao-Tzu to Warren Buffett – this third element is what takes the book out of the contemporary, placing it into the timeless. The Gallery has organized talented artists holding a sincere, deep connection with trees. It is important to recognize that fine artists were not sought out to paint or sculpt trees, rather the call was made to artists who have either in the past or present chosen to work with tree imagery. The beginning of the book will include an essay authored by Dorothy Maclean/Findhorn Co-Founder and the book’s foreword will be from Michael Murphy/Esalen Co-Founder. Realizing this book is meant to quite literally, Speak For The Trees, supreme care has been taken with its production. All of the paper will be made from recycled/sustainable materials and the ink will be soy based.
SPEAK FOR THE TREES is not an environmental book, nor is it about spirituality, philosophy, or the arts, … it’s all of it. It is a collaboration of these elements and more, and this - the far reaching, ever growing capacity of the subject matter is what makes the book so powerful, giving it the ability to touch all people.

Dorothy Maclean, on the book Speak For The Trees:
“If ever there was a time in our evolution of consciousness - the ground is prepared for this planting”.

Speak For The Trees Group Shows
Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID December 2009

Friesen Gallery, Seattle WA, April 2010

Gallery Shoal Creek Solo Show!
Upcoming solo show at Gallery Shoal Creek in Austin, Texas, opens Sept. 18, 2009!
www.galleryshoalcreek.com
New York Studio School Alumni Biennial
2009 Alumni Biennial
Juror: Sean Scully
May 26 to July 11, 2009

8 West 8th Street, NY NY 10011

www.nyss.org
Wave Hill
Arbores Venerabiles
Glyndor Gallery
March 3 – July 19, 2009
Wave Hill is celebrating the “2009 Year of the Trees” by inviting artists to create drawings and paintings based on – or in response to – trees in Wave Hill’s collection. Artists include: Joel Adas, Rebecca Allan, Sandra Allen, Joan Backes, Isabel Bigelow, Emily Brown, Diane Carr, Jill Lear, Andrew Millner, Stas Orlovski, Ilene Sunshine, and Amy Talluto.

West 249th Street and Independence Avenue (front gate)
Bronx, NY 10471-2899
www.wavehill.org