MUSE
Combining fashion influences with artistic expression. The work merges bold, stylised lines with dynamic proportions, capturing the vibration of the modern aesthetic world.
With focus on creating dramatic silhouettes, accentuating the fluidity of skin and the unique textures of botanicals, all while maintaining a sense of elegance and sophistication.
Size 60x90cm
2024
THE FLOWER
This was the inital breakthrough which set Julia's heart to the Watercolour Pencil world.
With endless hours and passion for colour tone shaping each shade and element with ease.
This original was doused and treated in 4kg of resin over the length of 2 weeks, set and hung for an exhibit.
Exploring the concept of containing our beatuy behind a window of fluid.
60x95cm
2023
BOTANICAL BABE
The love for fashion continues where Julia explores blocks of floral over a monotone portrait. She hides her eyes to the world and the world looks back to a bouquet of beauty.
50x40cm
2025
PEONY HEART
exploring the world of botanicals, the focus on improving a techinque by blending shade, colour and shape.
The 'Peony Heart' original was sold to a private client.
55 x 80cm
2023
SOME CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
FLOURISH MAGAZINE
Claremont City Council welcomes Julia with a story in their 'Flourish Magazine' spring 2024 edition.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Between 2008-2023 Julia founded, developed and grew a successful fashion business MLM LABEL.
Here she tested her creative and business skills on a daily basis.
JSB
Longside Julia's powerhouse MLM LABEL, She recognised a gap in the bridal makert offering affordable made to order Bridal Gowns, These were a minimal and quick turnaround for the 'no-fuss bride' a q'quick elope' or a 'save the wedding gown'. hundreds of brides were dressed between 2016 and 2024.
JULIA'S LIFE
Julia, who grew up on the north coast of NSW, Australia, as a free-range child of the '80s.
She later escaped to study the Fine Arts in QLD, then progressed to enjoy the best of both worlds 'a beach city life' in Bondi Beach where she spent nearly two decades, building a successful career in the apparel industry and meeting the love of her life.
Now a mother of two young boys, Julia resides in Perth. Here, circling back to her original profession: the fine arts, specialising in watercolour pencil.
As an artist and educator, she constantly researches, develops, and shares her self-taught skills among her community including youth and children (WWC obtained).