bluebee feature: Julie T. Chapman

Adagio Azul - 2019 - Mixed media on panel

Julie T. Chapman

Julie T. Chapman

Montana, United States

Julie’s most recent explorations involve using polymer (acrylic) in an organic, fluid fashion and then bringing out the subject, normally animals, with oils. This type of painting is exciting, but also difficult. Her approach in these works is also driven by a sense of frustration and sorrow at humanity’s loss of connection to one another, our environment, and our animal brethren…therefore,

the fragmentary treatment of her subjects is a reflection of that fractured relationship.