Jill McNair

Jill McNair is a visual artist and an educator based in New Brunswick. She has a background as an art therapist and art instructor, and this experience has expressed upon her the connection between the creative art process and one’s imagining of a more hopeful future. She studied Applied Social Sciences at the University of Guelph, Art Therapy at Western University and Education at York University. Her love of the natural world and her intention to seek physical and mental well-being has led her to her current body of work. Jill lives on the banks of the Petitcodiac River near Moncton, New Brunswick with her husband and her Yorkshire Terrier.

She can often be found seeking inspiration along the Atlantic coastline, beach combing, or hiking in one of the sensational provincial or national parks.