Julie studied art at East Sydney Technical College and has attended portraiture workshops by Portrait Society of America’s International dual First Place winner Paul Newton, Archibald Portrait Prize winner Joshua Smith and prominent Sydney artists Yve Close and Mollie Garland.
Over the past seven years she has conducted portrait workshops for the Artists’ Society of Canberra and the Queanbeyan Art Society and was President of the latter for four years.
She is kept busy with commission work, in 2004 painting children and adults from the USA, Australia and Fiji, from walks of life including the diplomatic corps, the military and the dentistry and acting professions. She has had success in numerous local art competitions and was selected as a finalist in Australia’s 2004 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award with her portrait of Australian actress Sibylla Budd. This portrait will also be displayed in PAA’s Exhibition at the Australian Embassy in Washington DC in 2005.
Julie prefers painting with oils, however she also works in other media including pastels and acrylics. She likes to have at least three sittings, although she can paint with less if necessary. She prefers painting portraits of people, especially children, but she also paints animals, still life and landscapes.