Jeanine Hill - Soldner

Born in Quantico, Virginia and raised in a military family, Jeanine Hill-Soldner was passionate about art from a young age. She won her first art award at age twelve and began her painting journey at age 15 in an artist’s studio. She has consistently been an art creator with a passion that continues today with her dynamic, representational paintings. Jeanine’s professional career has spanned more than 35 years. She is an award winning nationally recognized Artist with a BA in Art Education from the University of Florida and MA in Art from University of Illinois. She exhibits her artwork in museums and galleries nationally and in the Chicago area. Most notably she has exhibited in more than two hundred group shows and numerous solo exhibits. Her work can be found in public and private collections in the US and Europe. She is founder of the seminal “Portraits of American Veterans Project” and “Memories of an Era” that have exhibited extensively and were featured in 2017 at Chicago’s National Veterans Art Museum and in 2024 at Water Street Studios in Batavia, Illinois in a show titled “Portraits and Memories: Legacies of Service.” The Artist’s Profile was featured on PBS and her artwork and story can be found in numerous publications. In addition to her work with and about veterans, she has exhibited several large bodies of work painted in oil on canvas. Her professional memberships include the Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art, Chicago Society of Artists, and Chicago Association of Visual Artists and the Water Street Studios Artist Collective in Batavia, Illinois.
 

Artist Statement:

I am a representational painter striving to create work that is complex and richly rewarding. I invite the viewer to explore layers of color and delve deep into the surface of the painting in a dance of discovery. I am inspired by the changing visual fragments of everyday life. My work captures the fleeting moments of human interactions, as played- out in private and public spaces. These transitory moments are the subjects that fuel my ongoing inquiry into the visual dialogue I passionately explore in my work. I want to create the illusion of deep space by building layers of shapes, color and carefully orchestrated light and shadows.

As a former kindergarten to college level art educator, I have a broad background in art history and theory, the technical skill and knowledge to utilize various artist media, plus the passion, commitment and determination to find my place in the dynamic art world of today.
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