Biography
Julie is an established artist from the Waikato. She creates vibrant original mixed media pieces, using colour and form found in nature. She lives rurally in the Waikato region.
Julie draws on a love of birdlife and the natural world, the rolling green and treed Waikato, and the coastal Coromandel Peninsula where she also spends time.
Alongside texture and colour, there is a stunning depth of layers in Julie's work. At times she represents birdlife or tree shapes as a focus in a painting, while other times the birds are more abstract and become part of the landscape. She constantly finds herd elf seeking out birds in her garden, listening for their calls, and noticing them wherever she travels. The changing colours of the seasons are also a fascination, and her palette often changes with them.
Julie is self taught, developing skill ad technique through hours of practice and exploration. This exploration means Julie paints intuitively, making many mistakes and discoveries. She never stops learning, allowing work to evolve while maintaining her own sense of style and uniqueness.
Julies process is to start with play, with the intention of finding inspiration. Her studio contains various works in progress, as she adds layers of paint, ink, pastel, collage, and various mediums until form emerges. She loves metal leaf, and these are often found featuring, or hidden under layers creating luminosity.
Julies work is held in privte collections in New Zealand and overseas, Her current pieces are for sale accross the following galleries:
ArtBox Gallery, Christchurch www.artboxgallery.info
Art By The Sea, Takapuna, Auckland www.artbythesea.co.nz
Art By The River, Whanganui www.artbytheriver.co.nz
Heritage Gallery, Cambridge www.heritagegallery.co.nz
Kanuka Gallery, Raglan
The Little Gallery, Coromandel www.thelittlegallery.co.nz
Mobile art Gallery, Auckland www.mobileart.co.nz
Ora Gallery, Wellington www.oragallery.co.nz
OBV Gallery, Omaha
Soul Gallery Hamilton www.soulgallery.co.nz