Resources & Reflections
Art insights on collecting, displaying, and living with contemporary landscape paintings, plus reflections on process, inspiration, and influences from Canadian artist Jeff Dillon. Published on Substack.
Living With Art Through the Seasons
Discover how rotating artwork through the year can subtly shift the mood and feeling of your living space.
How Art Finds Its Place in a Room
Reflections on size, placement, and visual rhythm and how the right artwork settles naturally into a space.
How Do You Incorporate New Art Into Your Home?
Thoughtful guidance on bringing new artwork into your home and letting it quietly shape the rooms around it.
Are You Hanging Art at the Wrong Size?
How proportion and scale can transform a room and why getting the size right makes all the difference.
How Colours Can Influence Your Emotions
Explore the subtle ways colour affects mood, energy, and emotional response in everyday spaces.
Preserving the Beauty of Your Fine Art Prints
A practical guide to protecting your fine art prints over time, preserving their quality, colour, and value.
Everything You Need to Know About My Limited Edition Fine Art Prints & FAQ's
Materials, process, care, and what makes Jeff Dillon's limited edition fine art prints distinctive and collectible.
Lighting artwork in real spaces
Quiet, practical considerations for how lighting shapes the way paintings live and breathe in a room.
Did You Know You Can Buy Canadian Art and Write It Off?
Collecting Canadian art can be both a cultural investment and a practical tax advantage. Here is what to know.
Canadian Fine Art for Offices and Commercial Spaces
How Jeff Dillon collaborates with offices, designers, and commercial spaces to bring Canadian fine art into professional environments.
Slower painter: And Why I’m Okay With That
What slowing down has given me as an artist in a world that rewards speed and constant output.
The Art in Motion
A look at how movement, decisions, and time come together to build a painting from start to finish.
The Art of Intention
What patience, presence, and deliberate decision-making look like in the daily practice of painting.
The Last Painting My Father Ever Saw: A Promise That Changed My Life
A deeply personal story about a single painting, a promise kept, and the weight of memory that shaped an artistic life.
A Part of My Story: How Nature, Colour, and Memory Shape My Paintings
The early influences and lived experiences that continue to shape Jeff Dillon's paintings today.
The Truth About Being a Full-Time Artist
What fourteen years of daily practice as a full-time artist has taught me about creativity, discipline, and persistence.
When Is a Painting Really Finished?
How I know when a painting is truly done and why the answer is rarely obvious, even after years of practice.
A Moment for Reflection: Wildfires Across Canada
Holding space for loss, resilience, and the enduring beauty of the Canadian landscape through art.
At First Light: A Celebration of Spring’s Return
A quiet moment where light, memory, and the return of spring meet on canvas.
If They Were the Group of Seven… Why Are There Twelve
A closer look at the artists who shaped Canadian landscape painting and why the Group of Seven had more than seven.
Art Books That Shaped How I Paint
A personal list of books Jeff Dillon returns to again and again for insight, inspiration, and lasting creative guidance.
The First New Blue in 200 Years & The Rarest Blue in My Studio
How a lab accident became a once-in-a-century pigment and what it means for the paintings coming out of Jeff Dillon's studio.