Jessica McMillan

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Jessica McMillan

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Jessica McMillan

As shared in the Denver Westword,

"Jess was the definition of a free spirit and lived a life full of adventures. She grew up around Hilton Head, South Carolina, where she learned to play piano beautifully, kayak around the marshes and zip around in her white convertible, top down with the wind in her hair (and if you've been in the car with Jess, you know she liked to drive fast). She had an endless love for her family, with whom she would take trips to visit her grandmother in Buffalo — she specifically asked to visit her grandmother as her thirtieth birthday present — or to Canada, where she would leap off giant boulders into a lake. She loved to read, and would quickly finish books in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series or anything by Dan Brown, and she always had great movies to recommend (though one of her favorites was The Sound of Music)."

"She attended the College of Charleston, where she majored in studio art; she also studied religion there, concentrating on mysticism and practices that centered nature in the pursuit of the divine, which she would then reflect in her artwork. We would go on camping trips outside of Asheville, North Carolina, exploring waterfalls and jumping into ponds and lakes, something only Jess was capable of convincing her more anxious friends to do. With her joyful charm, she could always get you to take a chance on something you had never done before."

"It is rare to find those true, genuine people. The ones who make friends wherever they go. Who listen without judgment, who inspire you to do better, who can make you belly-laugh and who hold you in warmth when you cry. Who exude a radiant, unbreakable light."

"We lost one of those rarities when Jessica Sidonie McMillan passed away in a Denver house fire on July 7. The 31-year-old visionary artist and muralist is survived by her mother, Risa McMillan; her father, Mark McMillan; her brother, Lucas McMillan; her maternal grandmother, Sidonie Triepel Williams; her beloved pets, Banksy and Zion; and the vibrant memories held close by her cousins, aunts, uncles and friends. A GoFundMe has been created to support her roommates, who were not home and lost many possessions, as well as the pets, who are suffering medical issues as a result of the fire."

"Jessica made a profound and indelible impact on anyone who was lucky enough to become close to her, as evidenced by the dozens of friends and family members now posting memories and photos of her. In the aftermath of such a shocking tragedy, it is important to remember not how she died, but how she lived."

 

https://www.westword.com/arts/remembering-jessica-mcmillan-an-artist-whose-light-will-never-fade-21289109

 

 

As shared in the Denver Westword,

"Jess was the definition of a free spirit and lived a life full of adventures. She grew up around Hilton Head, South Carolina, where she learned to play piano beautifully, kayak around the marshes and zip around in her white convertible, top down with the wind in her hair (and if you've been in the car with Jess, you know she liked to drive fast). She had an endless love for her family, with whom she would take trips to visit her grandmother in Buffalo — she specifically asked to visit her grandmother as her thirtieth birthday present — or to Canada, where she would leap off giant boulders into a lake. She loved to read, and would quickly finish books in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series or anything by Dan Brown, and she always had great movies to recommend (though one of her favorites was The Sound of Music)."

"She attended the College of Charleston, where she majored in studio art; she also studied religion there, concentrating on mysticism and practices that centered nature in the pursuit of the divine, which she would then reflect in her artwork. We would go on camping trips outside of Asheville, North Carolina, exploring waterfalls and jumping into ponds and lakes, something only Jess was capable of convincing her more anxious friends to do. With her joyful charm, she could always get you to take a chance on something you had never done before."

"It is rare to find those true, genuine people. The ones who make friends wherever they go. Who listen without judgment, who inspire you to do better, who can make you belly-laugh and who hold you in warmth when you cry. Who exude a radiant, unbreakable light."

"We lost one of those rarities when Jessica Sidonie McMillan passed away in a Denver house fire on July 7. The 31-year-old visionary artist and muralist is survived by her mother, Risa McMillan; her father, Mark McMillan; her brother, Lucas McMillan; her maternal grandmother, Sidonie Triepel Williams; her beloved pets, Banksy and Zion; and the vibrant memories held close by her cousins, aunts, uncles and friends. A GoFundMe has been created to support her roommates, who were not home and lost many possessions, as well as the pets, who are suffering medical issues as a result of the fire."

"Jessica made a profound and indelible impact on anyone who was lucky enough to become close to her, as evidenced by the dozens of friends and family members now posting memories and photos of her. In the aftermath of such a shocking tragedy, it is important to remember not how she died, but how she lived."

 

https://www.westword.com/arts/remembering-jessica-mcmillan-an-artist-whose-light-will-never-fade-21289109