Artist BACKGROUND: Julie, a resident of Berkeley, CA, is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. While serving with Peace Corps in Brazil, Julie, (having studied not art, but biology and nutritional sciences at UC Davis), was placed in the state offices of the Brazilian school lunch program. This is where she got her start in the art world. The Brazilians needed help developing menus and recipes but they also needed someone to develop educational materials. Julie, was given a drafting table, paints, pens, ink and paper. She ended up primarily producing brightly designed posters and slides.

Back from Peace Corps, Julie earned a masters degree in public health from UCB. To help support her education, Julie made and sold stained glass windows. She also picked up a paint brush and taught myself how to use oils and acrylics.

ART EDUCATION: Julie has studied painting and figure drawing at Berkeley City College with art professors Susanne Yeiser, Evelyn Glauber and Mary Louise Stanley. Through UC extension , Julie has studied with working artists, Glenn Hirsch and Larry Robinson .

MEMBERSHIPS: Memberships include: The Oakland Art Association, East Bay Painters Group, California Art Club, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, and Pro Arts Gallery.

GROUPSHOWS: Julie has shown her work in several group and solo shows including Berkeley City College, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Pro Arts, Diablo Valley College, the Flyway Festival and several Oakland Art Association Shows. She Has participated in Pro- Arts Open studios in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 . She won “Best of Show” at the Flyway Festival in Mare Island in 2007, and “Best of Show” at the Characters Show at The Frank Bette Center for the Arts. She recently participated in a group show at Studio Gallery in San Francisco.

ART RESIDENCIES: Julie spent the summer of 2007 in the Azores as a plein air painter with an artist residency on the island of Flores.

ARTIST STATEMENT: Painting plein air has enhanced Julie's ability to see and her ultimate life goal is to paint where she has been, where she is now, and where she is going.

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