Atlanta Corporate Art

©1990-2014 Atlanta Art by Jill Saur, all rights reserved

This magnificent southern live oak tree (that you see here in my painting) used to hang over the Chattahoochee River and grace all who passed by.  Over the years, I've had the privilege of rendering my impression of this tree on canvas.  Last year, the parks department must have felt that the decay in the tree had taken its toll and they had it cut down.  I miss this tree.  I used to sit on the bench underneath its canopy and watch the river swiftly flow by.  I'm so glad I have the photos to refer to whenever I feel the urge to paint a memory.

This 30"x40" acrylic painting on canvas is titled, "The Hastening Tree".  The original hangs in my personal collection, but it's available to purchase in a limited edition giclee.  To contact me, please CLICK HERE.

To see more of my available work, or to inquire about a commission or Atlanta corporate art, please CLICK HERE.

Commission A Painting In Atlanta, GA

COMMISSION A PAINTING IN ATLANTA

I was recently commissioned to paint this acrylic painting on canvas, “Profound Joy.”  I had a wonderful new client contact me from Massachusetts.  Here, you can see and read the process for commissioning a painting and read my clients review that she happily wrote within two days of receiving her painting!  Thank you, Wendi!  It was more than a pleasure doing business with you! - Jill Saur

“Profound Joy” 22”x28”  

From My Client who commissioned, “Profound Joy."

”My husband and I commissioned PROFOUND JOY to be painted by Jill Saur after discovering her work online.  What a professional!  What a talent!  What a true dream to work with!!!!  We live in New England but thanks to phone calls, FaceTime, emails, texts…. it felt like we were local.  Jill put her heart and soul into our painting and it shows.  We are thrilled with PROFOUND JOY!  Not only do we love the piece we commissioned but we also fell in love with a piece that Jill painted from our painting's leftover colors.  It also looks gorgeous in our home.  Jill is full of passion and I am so happy that I took this "journey" with her.  Her work will forever mean a great deal to me.  Thank you, Jill!  -  Wendi Ayer - Medfield, Massachusetts

Wendi lives in Massachusetts.  She found me by doing an internet search.  After going through all the paintings on my website, she found a painting that she loved and saw that it had been sold.  She asked me if I could paint a similar one, only much larger.  

After agreeing on a price, the first thing I did was a work-up of the general appearance of the larger painting I would do, and I included the chart of all the colors that I thought she would love.  I mailed this along with a copy of our agreed contract to Wendi so that she and her decorator could view it first-hand.  Because colors on a computer screen can vary, I wanted Wendi to see the colors in person.  I knew she was re-decorating the entire room and she wanted this painting to be the centerpiece.

I sent Wendi numerous updates as the painting progressed and she was able to tell me what she liked and where she wanted me to add more or less of the colors that she loved.

This is my finished painting hanging in the living room of Wendi’s beautiful home.

Close-up of “Profound Joy” in clients home.

To see more of my commissions, please visit this page on my website where you can also see the links to contact me if you’d like to inquire about commissioning your own original work of art.  CLICK HERE  Thanks - Jill Saur

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Buy Aspen Tree Painting

©1990-2014 Fall Aspen Tree Painting by Jill Saur, all rights reserved

"A tree is such a rich metaphor in a million beautiful ways.  You can consider a tree growing and consider its connectedness to all things above and under the ground." - Ann Brashares

"Winter Solstice", is the title of my 18"x24" acrylic fall aspen tree painting.  It displays fall giving way to winters first snow.  This painting is about the transitions we face in life and the path  symbolizes the journey we must take through those transitions.   

To inquire about this piece, or to see more of my available work, please visit my website.  All of my current prices are posted on my website.  I paint commissions, please read what my clients have to say about commissioning a painting with me.  My patrons comments are on my website.  CLICK HERE

I invite you to become a collector and experience the joy of owning artwork that inspires and uplifts your soul.   www.JillSaurFineArt.com

Inside Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflower Painting

©2015 Photo Of The Inside Of Van Gogh's Sunflower by Jill Saur

IRRESISTIBLE MOMENTUM

The night before my trip to New York, I downloaded the collection of Van Gogh's letters to my iPad.  I've been reading his letters off and on for the past few years.  This particular letter to Theo was the one I read the morning that I was getting ready to see the Van Gogh exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City.  How ironic that Vincent considered himself a nonentity in the eyes of most people and fast forward to today and people flock to the museums to gaze upon his work.  I love his words describing that he was driven with an irresistible momentum:

“What am I in the eyes of most people — a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person — somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then — even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart. That is my ambition, based less on resentment than on love in spite of everything, based more on a feeling of serenity than on passion. Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. I see paintings or drawings in the poorest cottages, in the dirtiest corners. And my mind is driven towards these things with an irresistible momentum.” - Vincent Van Gogh

I relate to being drawn and driven to paint with an irresistible momentum.  When I'm captivated by an idea, an image, a feeling, or a thing of beauty, I'm compelled to express those thoughts and emotions with paint, brushes, palette knife, and canvas.

When I was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York city last year, I gazed upon the works of Vincent Van Gogh with utter amazement.  The painting above was completed by Vincent in 1887, three years before his death.  I could get lost in this painting.  The texture, the colors, the feeling, everything about it is stunning.  I zoomed in to capture the inside of this piece.  In my three visits to the museum over a period of four days, I would say I returned to see this painting at least ten times.  When I left, my heart was full. - Jill Saur

To purchase original art in Atlanta, Ga., or to commission an original painting, please visit my website for more details.  www.JillSaurFineArt.com