Jill Lauriston - Painter
Jill Lauriston has been painting in the villages of Provence, whilst on holiday, ever since 1983, when she first stepped off the night train to Avignon with a paintbox and smelled the scent of herbs and lavender on the morning air. 
Other favourite places where she works outdoors on location are the Yorkshire Dales and coastline, as well as far flung places such as Greece, Spain, Italy and Morocco.
Her preferred medium is watercolour, but she also uses acrylics, pastels, charcoal and mixed media. Her favourite subjects are flowers and landscapes, but she has been known to do portraits of her neighbour's cats!
She exhibits regularly in Sheffield, at the Great Sheffield Art Show and with the University Fine Art Society, and also participates in the local 'Art in the Gardens' and Open Studio events. She has also exhibited work in Nottingham, Sowerby Bridge and London.