Artist
Jillian McDougall
Jillian McDougall is a Contemporary Abstract artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Jillian McDougall kept a studio down a steep staircase behind a fruit shop in Cairns, where the air smelled of mangoes and wet paper. She spent years painting one New Guinea orchid over and again, chasing the exact pink that only blooms for forty-eight hours. Her 1983 watercolour of Dendrobium aurantiroseum folds you right into the heart of the flower; tilt your phone and you’ll almost feel the petals’ waxy edges. Tap that title to zoom in—then step outside and look for the nearest orchid in the wild.
Works by Jillian McDougall
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.