My pastel 'walking shadow' drawings are rooted in the spiritual perspective of the Visionary Landscape Tradition and I strive to relate to place in a way that is primal and intuitive.  By focusing on the transient movement of my shadow passing through local ancient woodland and heathland, in all weathers and on a daily basis, my work considers how it is transformed through memory on return to my studio.

My landscape paintings represent the end point of my walking journey when I turn away from my shadow and look to the horizon beyond at my final stopping point. They reference what is observed, experienced and felt in my stillness.They are built up and worked into over a period of time while I simultaneouly work on my pastel drawings. These also refrence very incidental fleeting moments of light on transient matter. Both strands to my practice are mutually informing and act as catalysts in the reflective development of my practice
Hovering between the memories evoked by my passage through the landscape and the horizon beyond, the work invites the viewer into an ambiguous liminal territory that straddles the line between nostalgic association and something unknown

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Brief Biography

Julie holds a BA first class (hons) in Art with Theology and Religious studies and an MA in fine Art

 She has exhibited widely throughout the u.k including the National Open Art Competition in London, where she was regional prizewinner. Other exhibitions have included The Pastel Society annual open exhibitions at the Mall Galleries in London 2022 and 2023, and 2024 and 2025. Julie was awarded  the 2023 Yoshimoto Prize by the Pastel Society for outstanding work in a dry medium.  She was also included in the 9th Drawing Paper Show publication and exhibition in Liverpool and Platforms Project in Athens.

Julie has recently been included in the forthcoming exhibition 'Beyond the Prize' at the  Mall galleries in London, opening in 15th April 2025 for World Art Day.

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instagram: @jlawrenceart

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