# @jillkittock on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJmHsTYMc8L
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/55981642-jillkittock-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-13T13:35:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jill Kittock (@jillkittock) — https://gondola.cc/jillkittock

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👋 hiiiii I met a bunch of new art lovers last weekend, so here’s a little “About Me”…

1. I’m Jill, a painter who lives and works in NE Minneapolis. My studio is in q.armabuilding. 

2. I paint primarily with acrylic gouache and ink on paper. I use a nib dip pen for the ink (you can see me using one at the start of this video). 

3. I used to do a lot my digital painting and sort of hybrid digital+traditional work. I’m comfortable with PS and Procreate and used to be a graphic designer summitbeer, which was an amazing, supportive job. Lately I rarely make digital work unless it’s for a client (of which I don’t have many 🙃). 

4. I teach workshops from my studio and sometimes online! I really like teaching. I’ll be adding new ones this fall. My newsletter is the best way to hear about them first, before they fill up. 

5. I sell original paintings but I’m absolutely happy to sell prints of my stuff as well, because I want art to be accessible. I know even prints are pretty expensive. I usually have stickers, buttons and cards too. 

6. I have a BA in art history, which has turned out to be pretty beneficial for my painting career. I didn’t go to art school, but I wouldn’t say I’m totally self-taught, because I’ve always learned from people I admire through workshops and classes. 

7. I have 4 cats. Yeah, we’re back up to 4. 😌 Jasper, Alfie, Teddy, and Bertie (or Birdy?). I can’t decide. 

8. I stared lifting weights a year and a half ago and it’s been super beneficial to my work. I used to have intermittent neck, shoulder, sciatica pain from painting. And setting up for art fairs is a huge amount of manual labor. Building up some muscle and stretching has been so helpful. Thank you to my friend somerkvale 

9. I do lots of local art fairs each summer and I usually head to Chicago in September for renegadecraft each year. I have a list of them on my website under Events. 

10. I share a studio with my friends curlworks_ who I love and find super inspiring. I get a LOT of help and support from my artist friends. 

#artiststudio #aboutme #abouttheartist #painting #minneapolis

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