Julie's work is shaped and influenced by events in modern American culture that have impacted our lives, our psyches and our relationships with each other. Known by many for her oil paintings, she does not confine herself to one discipline, considering herself to be a multi-media artist.
Neo Realism best describes Julie's style. Often overlooked aspects of daily life inspire her, as can be seen in the variety of media she uses to rediscover the banal or forgotten in all it's innate beauty. Her graphite drawings isolate objects in minute detail, focusing attention on the intricate lines in a pair of blue jeans or textures of surfaces. By painting glassware, she utilizes the transparent vessel and, through a playful yet defined sprinkling of color and shape, turns the utilitarian form into a fuller sensual experience. Her stained glass mosaics and painted furniture artwork often involve found objects, bringing society's discards to center stage. The subjects she chooses for her oil paintings are taken from everyday life, challenging traditional notions of beauty, social class and human interaction.
Julie has been called "a reporter on modern life," seeing that which the crowd has passed by in it's haste to move on to the next sensation. Focusing on the missed opportunity, the bypassed alternative, the meaning and wonder working within subjects or moments, Julie's work is accessible by way of conveying what her artist's eye has seen, capturing moments and sensations and freezing them in time so they can be share . Ultimately,Julie's work focuses the viewer on relationships in the world around them.
In 1997 Julie founded SmilingEyes Studio, a professional fine arts studio, to dedicate herself to pursuing her career as an artist. Born Detroit in 1965, she left school at 18 to raise her first child and in 2005, she achieved a life long goal and graduated college from Wayne State University, obtaining a degree in Industrial Design with honors, Cum Laude).
Currently Julie is working full time as an artist and freelance designer. When not at her studio, Julie plays pool, wrenches on her classic Mustang, or pinstripes cars under the name "Dee Striper".
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