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JULIE ENGLAND - Artist
Julie England
Wendy's Garden with Trellis
Ink, Watercolor and Oil on Yupo Paper
26 x 40 inches
2021
Julie England
Hydrangeas for Tara
Ink, Acrylic and Oil on Yupo Paper
26 x 40 inches
2021
Julie England
Summer Leaves 1
Mixed Media on Yupo Paper
20 x 26 inches
2020
Julie England
Summer Leaves 3
Oil on Yupo Paper
20 x 26 inches
2020
Julie England
Subtle II
Oil on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
2017
Julie England
Explorations 1
Oil on Yupo Paper
8.5 x 11 inches
2019
Julie England
September - End of Summer
Oil on Paper
20 x 26 inches
2020
Julie England - Artist
Upcoming Exhibition: Fort Worth Community Art Center - February, 2022
ARTIST BIO
Julie England is an oil painter who grew up in Wisconsin, Florida and Texas. In
2018 she was honored with the SMU Mary Vernon Painting Prize from the Southern
Methodist University Meadows Art faculty. Her artwork was included in New Texas
Talent XXVII in 2020 and the Texas National 2018 Art Competition & Exhibition,
juried by Jed Perl. She has exhibited extensively in Texas and elsewhere in the
US. She participated in an art residency at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson,
Vermont in 2018.
She earned a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech University
in Lubbock, TX. After a career in the semiconductor industry, England earned an
Associates of Arts degree in 2015 at Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, Texas.
In 2018 she earned a Bachelor's of Fine Art degree from Southern Methodist
University, Dallas, Texas. England is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Julie's community service is extensive; she is a former board member with the
Dallas Museum of Art, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and
Visual Arts Advisory Board and Dallas Arboretum in Dallas, TX and the board of
trustees of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, NM. She currently serves
on the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center's Art For Advocacy curatorial committee.
Julie lives in Flower Mound, Texas with her husband and works in a studio in
Dallas,TX.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My preference is experience of landscape rather than domestic life. My
Landscape @ Elevation body of work combines the memory and feeling of being in
space. My artwork includes aerial perspectives of New Mexico and other arid
locations. Long discussions with the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum about photographing
her sites from the air led to using their 2018 photographs as my inspiration.
An aerial view enhances the viewer's awareness of the three dimensions in space.
These landscape paintings capture gestures of surfaces and spaces, enabling a
sense of movement while standing still. Being outdoors can be a link to
childhood. Raised on a rural Wisconsin pine tree farm, I felt trees beckon to
me as imaginary childhood friends. My connection to outdoor energy is like
being with family.
I paint experiences of outdoor places from observation, memories and imagination.
My work concentrates on geological forms and topology; making a physical
impression. Color and texture convey energy from nature.
During 2020 we spent more time outside during the global pandemic to seek safety
and connection to neighbors to overcome isolation. "Outdoor rooms" in front and
back yards or on the street became our gathering places. We heard about isolation
from loved ones, job loss, stress from working at home and school at home.
My botanical paintings focus on organic imagery, followed by mark-making and use
of material transparencies. My work includes botanical forms and gestures, using
color to convey energy from nature. I create images of imaginary botanical
environments inviting my viewers to visit.
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