Atelier l'Abeille - Jill Steenhuis

Jill Steenhuis, an American from Atlanta, Georgia, received her BFA in studio art from Sweet Briar College in Virginia in 1980. Following graduation, she journeyed to the south of France to discover Cezanne’s Mont Sainte Victoire and entered The Marchutz School of Fine Arts in Aix-en-Provence. She became a full-time painter and spent 14 years working out of Cezanne’s studio at the Château Noir.

Jill has exhibited in solo shows in New York City, Greenwich, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington DC, Dallas, San Francisco among other major American cities, as well as Melbourne, Australia, Aix-en-Provence and Paris, France. Her work is part of the permanent collections of several museums and important private collections in America, Australia and France. Jill appeared on “Good Morning America” and served as the Cezanne specialist for the Smithsonian Institute for the 100th anniversary of the painter’s death.

The artist resides in the countryside of Aix-en-Provence with her sculptor husband and three sons, who are also artists in ceramics, sculpture and filmmaking. Jill organizes annual tours to the United States to exhibit and sell her work in galleries, museums and at private events. As an independent artist, she has always worked with nonprofits and charitable organizations, donating proceeds from the sale of her art. The spirit of giving and connectedness is what has given her deeper inspiration and meaning in the art that she creates. Jill is regularly invited to speak at various venues, and also teaches private and group oil painting workshops in the USA and in Provence.