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| First Name | Julie |
| Last Name | Barrow |
| Born | 1974-01-22 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Julie Barrow graduated from Chelsea School of Art in London in 1995. During her time at Chelsea she focused on and developed a very strong drawing portfolio, utilising many still-life applications in her work. This portfolio saw her move into freelance textile design after graduating, specialising in English florals, drawn from life. Working from a small studio in South Kensington for the next three years, she quickly became a designer of choice for many of her regular American buyers.
In 1999, she began to develop her first collection of paintings on canvas as an original artist. The collection, mainly acrylic with charcoal & chalk, included a series of 6 studies, all drawn from life. The collection sold out during her first exhibition of the work, at a small local gallery in Chislehurst, Kent, and this set in motion a change in the focus of Julies career from designer to original artist.
A three month move to Lisbon in 2002, which lasted for four years (!) saw her work take on a new sensitivity and a greater sense of maturity, as she began to combine a huge variety of media in her work, from broken CDs, to sand, glue and homemade papers. The use of subtle muted tones on these heavily textured grounds gave her paintings an inner life of their own. She completed several collections there, from images inspired by the beautiful cobbled streets with colourful washing lines, to work dedicated to the glamour and nostalgia of the traditional Portuguese bullfight.
In 2006 Julie returned to the UK and quickly completed a cave painting inspired collection, a theme which can be seen in work as early as 2003. These new pieces are alive with a new freedom and feel less restrained than the earlier works.
Julie is currently working on a new collection inspired by the theme Cosmos, of which the first two pieces are showcased here. This new work continues to feature her trademark textural grounds, but the quiet muted tones have been replaced by brighter, more ephemeral colours and some grounds look almost accidental which adds to the depth and intrigue of the piece. |
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