One unholy journey

Stephen Yeo is impressed by a Quaker artist during the recent Oxfordshire Artweeks

by Stephen Yeo 7th June 2013

‘I guess’, wrote Jill Green in the beautifully illustrated leaflet, which was part of her show of twelve years’ work during Oxford Arts Week in May, ‘I guess I am asking to join the ranks of war artists’.

She calls the show One Unholy Journey. This refers to her own painterly ‘exploration and meditation’ following a visit to Palestine and Israel in 2000. It is also a reference to displacements and settlements in that area as the state of Israel expands its presence.