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An excerpt from my biography...
As a child Julia loved exploring with line and color by drawing on her walls and dolls. She learned very quickly that with a little control, she could manifest ideas into recognizable form. Her mother loved the classical masters, and Julia links a great deal of her desire for expression back to her exposure (and love) of the classical masters such as Mozart and Beethoven.
Julia was encouraged from a very young age to "see" and be "aware" in more ways than the visual, and immediately after high school she took courses in the University of Calgary Fine Arts' program. She went on to continue studies at a post secondary level throughout her alternate career in the Canadian Air Force, in both correspondence and night school. One of her ultimate goals was finally reached when she attended a full time degree program at University of Lethbridge, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Great Distinction in 2001.
Historical art influences on her work include the Greek classical, da Vinci, Rembrandt, Ingres, Delacroix, Manet, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso, and most recently, Klee and Kandinsky. Influences from art theory include John Berger, Josef Albers, from theosophy Leadbetter and Blavatsky, Fritjof Capra, and currently, Joseph Campbell.
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