Gill was born into a large, boisterous working-class family, where he grew up in an environment where “you had to shout to be heard.” He found a way to express himself through painting, with art becoming a form of meditation that helped him process the surrounding world’s clamor. Gill integrates his work into the realm of “Cubism,” and we can see how his creations extend and expand an ongoing artistic dialogue, exploring the fractures and contradictions in how we think about meaning, existence, and identity following the emergence of Modernism.