Jill Nicole Luton is a self-taught artist and began her journey into photography during a stint of unemployment following the 2008 recession. She worked as a photographer-for-hire for a time before shifting her focus to the therapeutic act of art making. Guided by curiosity and play in her creativity, she discovered the positive mental health benefits engaging in activities ranging from painting to bracelet making and of course photography. When not engaging in all things creative, she enjoys going for walks, drinking her matcha lattes, consuming romance novels, and being with her loved ones.
With an emphasis on photographic processes, I make images and objects that explore the interwoven relationship between motherhood and childhood. I am fascinated by the potential growth, transformation and healing that can come in the act of mothering. The permission to become curious and explore my world through art making and the knowledge I’ve gained in therapy allow for the dual experience of feeling like a child and self-mothering. By capturing moments of my children in their daily life, manipulating and layering imagery, and playing with colors and objects I love, I’m unearthing the in between spaces of motherhood, what it means to be a grown child, and the adult self.