My work is 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. During a simple daily walk through Stapledon woods and Calday hill, my work  responds to first hand experience of light, time and place. 

 

My practice has two strands . The first strand consists of  pastel drawings which focus on the movement of my shadow passing through local ancient woodland and heathland, in all weathers and on a daily basis. These drawings reveal a transitional ambiguous identity moving through space- an  unresolved tension within the landscape that evokes the fleeting mixture of memory and perception. 

My landscape paintings represent the end point of my walking journey when I  look towards the horizon beyond. They reference what is observed, experienced and felt in my stillness from my stopping point on Calday Hill. Similar to my drawings they also refrence fleeting moments of light on transient and impermanent matter.  

Both strands to my practice are mutually informing and act as catalysts in the reflective development of my practice, and also in my understanding of the relationship between self and place.

Hovering between the memories evoked by my passage through the landscape and the sense of possibilty  beyond the horizon,, the work suggests to the viewer that place is located in the liminal space 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 selected to  exhibit again at the Mall Galleries celebratory 'Beyond the Prize' exhibition in London. 

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instagram: @jlawrenceart

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