
Respite
Julie Simmons
Watercolour on paper
220cm x 150cm (framed)
$9200
This piece is currently offsite from WOTSO North Strathfield as Julie Simmons has entered it into a major Australian art award. Good luck Julie!
ABOUT THE BODY OF WORK
Julie Simmons Artist statement
This body of work exists as a response to time spent travelling to Arkaroola in South Australia—A unique and overwhelmingly beautiful landscape. Some of these pieces were begun en plein air and completed in the studio, whilst others were worked from onsite sketches and subsequently painted in my home studio. Working from these sketches returns me to Arkaroola, to the feeling and memory & I try to capture that feeling in paint.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Julie Simmons trained as a commercial artist (Graphic Artist) on leaving school. This was followed working as a tracer and detail draughtsperson for an engineering company. Julie also produced exploded view drawings for car manuals.
Whilst having her family Julie completed two Diplomas in pottery at Penrith Tafe and for the next 16yrs had a successful career as a studio potter.
In 2004 she was drawn back to painting, in particular watercolours working in the wet in wet tradition. She felt her drawing skills, learned during her time in an art studio in the city were more suited to the medium of watercolour. Julie has developed her own unique style, pushing the boundaries of the watercolour medium to produce works full of light and depth of tone whilst maintaining the transparent quality of the medium.
Julie has expanded her skill set by painting in other mediums including oil, acrylic, pastel and charcoal. She paints en plein air regularly including numerous week long painting trips each year. This painting outdoors is a crucial aspect of her work as it makes her concentrate on shape and tone and consequently the subject is simplified with detail being kept to a minimum.
Julie has been the recipient of numerous awards Including the Camberwell Rotary
A number of councils and private businesses have acquired her work.
Julie is a Fellow of the Royal Art Society.
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