Jillian Fitz Maurice is a Denver based artist working in the realms of drawing, painting, performance, video and installation. She has studied in Milwaukee and Ireland and makes striking work dealing with the complexities of contemporary life and how and why we seek exotic escapes. She has a show up at Rule Gallery in the Sante Fe Arts District- depicting palm trees, ocelots and snakes to look at layers of meaning. She also talks about what it is like to swim around in a vat of honey.