JILL MADDEN grew up in coastal Rhode Island and currently lives in Weybridge, Vermont. She received a BA in East Asian Studies from Middlebury College, attended the New York Studio School, received a post-baccalaureate degree in Fine Art from Brandeis University and an MFA in painting from Boston University, where she held a Constantin Alajov Scholarship and studied with John Walker and John Moore. While a resident at the Vermont Studio School she studied with Lois Dodd, who remains an important influence. Jill has been a fellow at the Jentel Foundation, the Fairfield Porter Foundation, the Baer Art Center and the Pouch Cove Foundation. Madden paints primarily onsite, observing seasonal and climatic shifts. The works in her latest exhibition at Caldbeck were painted during a residency supported by the Pouch Cove Foundation in Newfoundland, Canada.