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Welcome to my online galleries of oil , acrylic and watercolor paintings. The macro flowers gallery displays vibrant macro flower paintings with intense colors and depth. Inside the watercolors gallery one will find paintings with relaxing scenes from nature including butterflies, birds, flowers, animals and landscapes. I also invite you to take a look at the collection of the drawings in graphite and colored pencils that have been selected for your enjoyment in the sketchbook.
Helpful comments and critiques are welcome and/or if you find yourself wanting to purchase one of my works that are for sale please contact me at the contact us page.
Current Work In Progress
Gargantua Bay Work in Progress
Watercolor on 300lbs Arches
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About the artist
Being raised in a household
surrounded by art and music, Julie was encouraged to draw and create
things at an early age. As a young adult she earned a degree in Recreation
Therapy from Central Michigan University with honors, then practiced in mental health
for several years. As time went on, after having a few children, she became a full time
stay-at-home mom. Upon rediscovering the magic of art, Julie
passionately began pursuing her artistic
endeavors.
Having taken a few
classes at the Flint Institute of Arts her education is primarily self taught
by avidly reading art resources and by conferring with other artists and
just playing around.
Currently Julie reside in the state of Michigan (US) with her husband
and children.
Often she is found enjoying moments just observing light and shadows, people, objects and places and finds herself needing to draw or sketch what is seen. "It's easy to become lost when creating a painting," she says, "I'm often finding myself wondering where the time went. "
Her paintings are primarily created by observations, photographs she has taken and sketches. She finds a variety of different options during the brain storming process often coming up with multiple scenarios. After her final selection she begins creating paintings using either oil, acrylic, pastels or watercolors depending on the desired outcome.