| Julie
Dumbarton
Julie grew up roaming the Lake District
hills with her family, and readily admits that the many hours
spent climbing, walking and scrambling across the stunning landscapes
never led her to fully appreciate their splendour. Now these
magnificent rural scenes have become her prime subject of exploration,
utilising layers of oil paint and a rich wealth of colour to
create these fantastical images that visibly pop with vibrancy.
"I like to explore many of the same themes and images, the tension
between abstraction and representation, the duel between techniques
and moods. |
"Colour plays the main
role in what I create. A high or low perspective of densely
knotted vegetation, a frantic pattern of grained wood or choking
greenery that is so visually claustrophobic it has to be rescued
by some sense of the landscape it lies in. I see it as bolts
of illumination.
"I find it hard to describe what I specifically want to convey
through my work. They are made through feelings rather than
words. If I was forced to sum up what I want to express, I would
describe them as dreamlike and nostalgic yet contemporary. They
speak of memories and the endurance of images. Atmospheric and
melancholic, they are inconsequential moments that are highly
charged.
"As a landscape artist I endeavour to inspire and nurture our
love of the natural world. The Scottish Borders
and South West Scotland is a wonderful place
to live amongst a large community of artists in an area which
provides so many of the necessary elements for landscape
paintings."
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