Julie Eastman - Art Bio
I have held a life-long interest in art and have a studio art minor from Kalamazoo College in Michigan. Over the years I have explored many areas of visual expression, including drawing, photography, silkscreenin printing, and painting. I first discovered watercolors in 1994, and for many years painted exclusively in this medium. I now also paint in acrylics and do silkscreen printing. I have taken workshops from artists Betty Lou Schlemm, Charles Sharpe, Judi Betts, Tom Jones, and Jane Filer. My paintings are usually representational, and my subject is often the landscape. I am especially interested in landscapes that evoke a sense of our past. I am also intrigued by the quiet movement of paths or roads, and how they give us passage into a given scene. Other subjects that appeal to me are still lifes, interior scenes, and animals. My goal is to paint a given scene, and to explore how I can capture that elusive combination of light, shadows, and space.
Art Exhibits and Events
Nov. 18, 2010-Feb. 15, 2011 - Solo exhibit, Old Granary Restaurant Gallery, Fearrington Village, NC
April 1-June 30, 2010 - Exhibit at Red Hat, Raleigh, NC
March 5-April 7, 2010 - In juried show, Durham Arts Guild's CCB Gallery in Durham, curated by Jim Kellough.
June 9-August 10, 2009 - Exhibit at Panzanella restaurant, Carrboro, NC
February 2010 - Featured artist in monthly publication Hennen's Observer
June 10, 2009 - Presented public talk on How Paintings Work: Compositional Issues in Painting, The Century Center, Carrboro - sponsored by the Orange County Artists Guild.
April 23-May 22, 2009 - Exhibit at Carol Woods Retirement Center,
Chapel Hill, NC. Reception with brief talk
on My Journey as an Artist.
January-March 2008 - Featured artist at Jennings Co., Chapel Hill, NC
May 2007 - Solo Exhibit at East End Gallery (at the ArtsCenter), Carrboro, NC
March 2006, Paint & Wood
- Joint exhibit with husband Mike Sollins (woodworker)
East End Gallery (at
the ArtsCenter), Carrboro,
NC
September 2005 - Solo exhibit at Hillsborough Artists Cooperative, Hillsborough, NC
September 2001 - Solo exhibit at Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
February 2001 - Solo exhibit at Jordan Hall Center for the Arts, Cary, NC
April 2001, Group exhibit "Studio Art Group" at Jordan Hall Arts Center, Cary, NC (Raleigh-area artists)
Oct. 2000 - Watercolor Society of North Carolina
In juried exhibit, Gallery at Roanoke Island, Manteo, NC
Oct.-Nov 1999 - Watercolor Society of North Carolina
In juried exhibit, Capt. White House, Graham, NC
April 1999 - Featured local artist - Cardinal Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC
April 1999 - Cary's Annual Spring Art Show
In juried exhibit, Page-Walker Arts & History Center
March-April 1999 - Watercolor Society of North Carolina
In juried exhibit, Page-Walker Arts & History Center
October 1998 - Solo exhibit at Sertoma Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
May 1997 - Solo exhibit at Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary Gallery, Belmont, Massachusetts
Feb. 1997 - Concord Art Association, one painting in juried exhibit, Concord, MA
January 1996 - Solo exhibit at Jefferson Cutter House Gallery, Arlington, Massachusetts - One of the paintings was selected for the cover of the Town of Arlington's 1996 Annual Report.
2005-2015, OCAG Open Studio Tour - Participated each year in the annual Orange County Open Studio Tours.
September 10, 2005 -
Arts at the Meadow (Orange Co. Artists Guild)
One-day art fair,
Meadowmont,
Chapel Hill, NC
September 11, 2004 -
Arts at the Meadow (Orange Co. Artists Guild)
One-day art fair,
Meadowmont,
Chapel Hill, NC
I taught watercolor and other art classes (see below) for about 15 years and am now retired.
2000-2006 - Sertoma Arts Center in Raleigh, NC
2006-2008 - Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro, NC
2009-2014 - Arts Center in Carrbor, NC.
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