ABOUT JILL CARTER-HANSEN AKA STEWART
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Jill Carter-Hansen (born NZ) MAhons, BFA Certificate in Animation – Artist, animator, Author/Illustrator lived on a small farm and wrote her “first story” in an exercise book…. at around the age of 8..From 1962 she lived 3 years in Europe and after returning to NZ,continued freelancing, tutoring and exhibiting her work.She arrived in Australia in1987 where she continued free-lance photo-journalism and illustration and her combined-mediums practice plus writing (both adult and children’s work) and presenting (sometimes singing ) her work at public venues.Jill completed an MAhons – Visual Narrative – at the University of Western Sydney in 1998Apart from her Children’s Books, her written work appears in the School Magazines and various anthologies.She has designed and illustrated in editorial and press and written and directed, three animated films (These – supported by the Australian Film Commission, NSW Film Office and Canon Australia) won internationals awards. Her work is represented in numerous group and solo shows in New Zealand and Australia, where she continues writing stories and poems – for both children and adults , and continues print-making and also makes ARTIST”s BOOKSHer agent is Debbie Golvan, at Arts Management in Australia.
Jill’s work is held in public collections – including Rare Books Collections in Australia and NZ.
Support has been received from QEII Arts Council NZ. Air NZ. and Australian Govt. funding.
While lecturing part-time Jill has tutored in tertiary art institutes and schools, delivering numerous presentations and workshops in the visual arts to students at all levels in both New Zealand and Australia.
Recently, as Poet In Residence at the RPAH, including Sydney University .she read her work at the NSW Art Gallery.Her first book
THE ELEGANT ELEPHANT – was a finalist in the Lothian Unpublished Children’s
Book Awards, followed by ZOE’s ZOO, and THE
LONELY GNU. In both 2016 and 2018, her work won the Sydney Don Banks Short
Fiction Award.She has also illustrated for other authors.most recently: BEARLY THERE, by Aleesah Darlison.COLLECTIONS INCLUDE:
NSW State Library Rare Books Collection
Auckland Public Library – Sir George Grey Collection (RARE BOOKS)
Auckland University – Photographic Book – Fine Arts Library
NZ
Auckland University – Photographic series – Architecture Library
Auckland War Memorial Museum
Australia War Museum – Canberra. ACT
(Peace poster)
Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Sydney Australia
Angela Moreton Collection – Takapuna Library N Z
Dromkeen Collection – Victoria Australia
Janet Heaphy Trust N Z
Kurungai Council NSW Australia
Lu Rees Archive. ACT Australia
Manly Regional Gallery NSW
NSW University. College of Fine Arts Library – Sydney Australia
State Library of NSW – Films collection & Works on Paper. Poster Collection
Screen and Sound National Archives – Sydney
Te Papa – N Z Museum of Art Wellington N Z
The Turnbull Collection, Wellington NZ
University of Western Sydney Library – Penrith Campus
University of Technology Library – Film – Sydney NSW Australia
United Contemporary Collection Auckland – N Z
Waikato Art Museum – Hamilton N Z
Various International Film Festival ArchivesPrivate Collections – Paintings and combined media:
Australia. UK. Germany. USA. New Zealand.CONCEPT/DESIGN/ILLUSTRATION/ PHOTOGRAPHY (Published list free-lance work)
Art New Zealand
Australian Film Commission
Australian Society of Authors
Australian Screen Directors Association
Auckland City Council- Mural.
Australian Design Series
Australian Women’s Weekly
Belle Magazine
CBEs Records
Cleo Magazine
Communiqué Agency
CPH Group
De Beer Designs
Dynamic Graphics
Eleanor Curtain Publishing
Family Circle Magazine
Fairfax Newspapers
Flying Colours Animation
Girlfriend Magazine
Glass Artist’s Gallery, Sydney – Invitation Design, Photography and project development
Good Weekend Magazine – Illustrations
Gourmet Travel Magazine
Harper Collins
Hiroshima Peace Committee
Hodder and Stoughton
John Dickson Ltd.
Leo Burnett Agency Pty Ltd.
Mangus Nankurvis and Curl (Thai Airways – winner of the 1991 Australia Folio-Awards for Illustration)
Marinkovitch and Greene Advertising
More Magazine
New Zealand Education Board
Pine Street Films
Pan Books
POL Publishing
Random House Publishing
Reed Methuen Publishing
Reno Design
Rigby Heinemann Publishing
Road Traffic Authority of NSW
Sales Magazine
Simply Living Magazine
Steelworker
Stone Davies Alley – Strategic Design Group
Studio Collections
Studio One Design
Sydney Morning Herald – Illustration.
Sydney Opera House – Poster design
Time Magazine
The Edge Magazine
Transworld Publications.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Although ideally I enjoy working as both the illustrator and author of a book, there have been many challenging yet enjoyable periods spent working on the illustrations for other authors, ie those completed for Aleesah Darlison’s picture book: BEARLY THERE.
The storyboards are important and sometimes these flow easily… at other times constant adjustments are needed to make the text and illustrations flow effectively together.The illustrations for NAILS, a story by Paul Jennings, were conceived of and completed within 3 weeks of receiving the assignment – at late notice – to work on. I was passionate about the story and my youngest son immediately became the character for that tale. He was living across an ocean at that time, His face appears on every page of that published work as I kept drawing him from memory.All of my 3 children have been drawn as characters within stories I’ve done. This is apparent in THE ELEGANT ELEPHANT, where one of my sons even became transformed into a girl…for the sake of the tale!In BEARLY THERE, (2013) I made the decision to use both dry and wet mediums in limited palette – Conte and watercolour – combine strongly – to connect the story thru’ the pages. It seems the choices worked well.As a child I was always drawing and with the good fortune of being raised on a farm, had access to the many animals which I sketched – and photographed with my Box Brownie camera, given to me at the age of eight. The play of light and shadow combined with a fascinating subject or situation, held the possibility of becoming a narrative in itself.Not surprisingly, most of my children’s stories have animals featured in them. Come to think of it, so did my three more adult animated films! But I also write poetry – some transforming into songs I sometimes sing in public! Poems get published in the NSW School Magazine and at public venues etc. But I hope to have a book of my poems published at some stage… with illustrations woven between the written versesBecause I have developed many workshops – most recently one on ‘Characterisation ‘ at the Gosford Art Gallery in NSW and at schools and Educational Institutions, I continue to enjoy presenting at various venues. If you wish to know more about my creative services, please email me:jill@visionaryimages.com.au ,Presently my abilities have supported volunteer projects at both the Chris O’Brien Cancer Centre and the Royal Prince Alfred Public Hospital in Sydney – including poetry for patients with memory difficulties and special projects for children- with more stories – which my agent Deborah,at info@golvanarts.com.au is managing. I would be happy to connect with reputable publishers of children’s books – to consider illustration styles for existing projects!ENQUIRIES: (Agent: Debbie Golvan: golvan@bigpond.net.au )I have personal recommendations available from organisations where I have presented my workshops – if you enquire. I look forward to hearing from you.Thanks for reading this… Jill email: jill@visionaryimages.com.au
