Jill Amos Raine is one of Bermuda’s best-known watercolour artists who can often be found signing her work at “Bermuda Memories”, her studio in King’s Square, St. George’s. Born in England, she came to Bermuda as a child in the 1950s and worked as a teacher in Bermuda, Spain and the Canadian Arctic before settling down to pursue a serious interest in art. Entirely self-taught, she became a professional enamellist. It was not until 1983 after attending a workshop by American artist Carl Schmulz that she took up watercolour painting. Since then more than 60 lithographs and countless commissions have made her a very successful and collectable artist. Her work has been presented to many dignitaries, including Margaret Thatcher, Princess Margaret and Princess Anne. Driven by “a desire to capture the brilliance and clarity of Bermuda’s colours”, Jill shares her talent and enthusiasm through ‘on location’ workshops and in recent years she has added photography to her artistic repertoire.

Artist's statement “I feel a wild sense of freedom when I paint on location. I can feel the air; warm, cold, changeable. I notice the smells, and hear all the subtle sounds of nature.”

Recent highlights 2008 - St. George’s Foundation Calendar 2006 - Bacardi Limited Biennial, Bermuda National Gallery 2006 - 2nd place in P-Tech Photo Exhibition, Bermuda Society of Arts 2006 - 2nd place, over 20 photos in Moods of Bermuda Book/ Competition 2005 - 2nd place winner in the Bermuda Zoological Society Photo Exhibition 2004 - Honourable mention in Bermuda Zoological Society Photo Competition 2004 - Over 50 photographs published in The Magic of Bermuda by late husband David Raine