About

Artists Statement

Julie is an artist based in Poole, Dorset. Her paintings flow with the seasons and depict landscapes, seascapes and wildflowers. Julie uses a combination of mediums from very fluid paint to thick impasto brushwork, drawing inspiration from the wonderful area in which she lives, from the seashore to the soft rolling hills that surround Dorset.

Her art conveys a calmness and she often withdraws from the busyness of life to find stillness, escaping to her studio to regenerate and recharge her mind.

“Painting allows me to escape, even from my thoughts. After picking up a brush during a particularly stressful time in my life, I felt as if I had slept for hours”.

Julie has always been drawn to creativity, as soon as she could pick up a pencil and began to draw. She studied art and graphics in the late 1980s, in the days of drawing boards and thick Pantone markers, conveying an idea onto paper was mandatory. Drawing, understanding colour, composition, typography, photography and print have been the foundation of her career as an artist.

Artists Bio

In 2018 Julie took a teaching qualification to deliver workshops from her studio in Dorset and in 2020 she set up a YouTube channel to record her journey into the world of Fluid Art.

Julie began painting full-time during COVID, taking part in Dorset Arts Week and exhibiting at various events including Highcliffe Food and Arts Festival.

In September 2023 along with Chris Schneider and Monique Oliver, she helped organise and deliver the first UK Fluid Art Event. Julie is currently planning an artists retreat in October of this year for UK Fluid Artists again with Chris Schneider, she has recently exhibited with The Otters Society and Gallery in Wimborne and is a member of Dorset Visual Arts.