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JILL HOOPER
Jill Hooper was born in upstate New York in 1970, and was also raised in North Carolina. During the pursuit of her undergraduate degree at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina, Hooper spent time abroad in Florence, Italy, under D. Jeffrey Mims in 1992 and continued to study under him for various periods of time until 1999. From 1992 to 1993, Hooper studied at the Universite de Haute Bretagne in Rennes, France, and at L'Atelier du Thabor, also in Rennes. In 1994, the artist graduated from the College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a minor in political science.
Hooper works mainly with oils on canvas and charcoal and chalk on paper, preferring to work in a setting of natural light. The artist recently returned from Florence, where she was under the tutelage of renowned Realist painter Charles Cecil, at the Charles H. Cecil Studios in Florence, Italy. Currently, she works and resides in Charleston. More online at Ann Long Fine Art.