John William Hill was born in England. He decided he would be an artist and his goal as a painter was to create, “simplicity, sanity, and beauty.” The Palisades is a collage of nature and Hill’s art convey a harmony with nature, focusing on the beauty that everyday life has to offer. Hills’ paintings are considered bold and vibrant, hinting at the energy in his life. His style is also layered with a strong conceptual basis in terms of drawing, painting, and plagiarism. John William Hill working in watercolor, gouache and engraving. His works captured the spirit of mid-century America, as well as its natural beauty. Hill’s work explores both human and animal life while chronicling human society through the history of art. His work, though not digital or figurative in nature, reflects themes of landscape, travel on roads and low-income housing as well as the insularity of city life.
Hill’s has been drawing for most of his life, from the tender age of 3, when he began with crayons and a color-coded chart. At the age of 13, he was reintroduced to watercolor when his mother bought him a package of watercolor paints for Christmas. This particular experience changed how Hill draws; by mixing oils, he can omit one or more steps in painting and quickly get an airbrushed effect without any dripping mistakes. He had his works exhibited at graduate school and recently has been gaining much praise on social media. While a lot of art that is produced today is digital in processing or painted by someone else, Hill makes traditional paintings using oils and ink on paper.
The Palisades painting by John William Hill
John William Hill was an American artist and painter who specialized in landscape paintings of the Western United States. The Palisades painting that he did is a combination of what Hall called “‘the mountains within” and Great vision. Because of his characteristic ability to see the beauty in ugly situations, this painting was able to depict different aspects of society as well. He painted life sitting on top of the city streets, just like other artists like John Singer Sargent. However, John William Hill painted from perspective from, which is different from Sargent. With this perspective he showed a view of a tower in between skyscrapers and at night when it’s lit up.
