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Q&A With Julie Williams

10/31/2016

 
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Q&A EXCHANGE WITH Julie Williams, Painter


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AC: What set you on your artistic path?  Did you know you wanted to make art as a child or was it something that grew out of life experiences?
JW: My artistic journey began in the Rice University darkroom.  After developing my first 35mm roll of black & white film and printing the contact sheet, I became enthralled by the creative process.  This artistic effort continues today. Currently, I’m exploring ways to express this artistic spirit through painting.

​AC: Who is your favorite artist?  What artist has most influenced your work?
JW: One of my favorite artist’s is Andrew Wyeth.  I’m drawn to the way Wyeth chose to depict his settings and figures in a natural manner.  There’s a very spiritual quality about his art – an almost “Zen-like” feeling that I admire.  Another influence is the photography of Edward Weston especially his still-lifes and landscapes. Weston called photography, “a way of self-development, a means to discover and identify oneself with all the manifestations of basic forms – with, nature, the source.”

AC: What is your favorite thing to do when you are not making art?
JW: Another of my creative passions is testing new recipes and sharing the results with my friends.  Lately, I’m exploring Thai and Japanese cuisine. 

AC: Describe what draws you to particular images in nature?
JW: Often I’m attracted to the simplicity of a setting when choosing an image to paint. This allows me to abstract the background and keep the viewer focused on the foreground of the form or figure. 

​AC: Describe your process--do you work from sketches, photos, totally from you mind's eye?
JW: Primarily, my work is distilled from simplified images such as photographs and sketches.  Recently, I’ve begun to incorporate the female figure in some of my paintings and this is truly a challenging endeavor.  I’m especially drawn to those female subjects that have a sense of mystery or playfulness – an essence that arouses my connection to the feminine spirit.

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