Art Bio
Julie A. Eastman

Julie painting in Bonaire

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, serigraphy, and painting.   I first discovered watercolors in 1994, and for many years painted exclusively in this medium.  For several years now I have returned to the fascinating medium of acrylics.   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.  

Solo Exhibits

June 9-August 10, 2009 - Solo exhibit at Panzanella restaurant, Carrboro, NC

June 10, 2009 - Presented a public talk on How Paintings Work: Compositional Issues in Painting, The Century Center, Carrboro - sponsored by the Orange County Artists Guild.

January-March 2008 - Featured artist at Jennings Co., Chapel Hill, NC

May 2007 - East End Gallery (at the ArtsCenter), Carrboro, NC

November 4-5 & 11-12, 2006 - OCAG Open Studio Tour - home/studio exhibit, Chapel Hill, NC - one of 53 artists on the tour.

November 5-6 & 12-13, 2005 - OCAG Open Studio Tour - home/studio exhibit, Chapel Hill, NC - one of 65 artists on the tour

September 2005 - Hillsborough Artists Cooperative, Hillsborough, NC

September 2001 - Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC

February 2001 - Jordan Hall Center for the Arts, Cary, NC

April 1999 - Featured local artist - Cardinal Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC

October 1998 - Sertoma Arts Center, Raleigh, NC

May 1997 - Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary Gallery, Belmont, Massachusetts

January 1996 - Jefferson Cutter House Gallery, Arlington, Massachusetts - One of the paintings in this exhibit was selected for the cover of the Town of Arlington's 1996 Annual Report.

Multi-Artist Exhibits

Upcoming March 5-April 7, 2010 - Juried show, Durham Arts Guild's CCB Gallery in Durham, curated by Jim Kellough.  Reception on Friday, March 19, 2010, 5-7pm.

April 23-May 22, 2009 -   One of two artists on exhibit at Carol Woods Retirement Center, Chapel Hill, NC.   Reception on April 24, with brief talk on My Journey as an Artist.

March 2006, Paint & Wood - Joint exhibit with husband Mike Sollins (woodworker)
East End Gallery (at the ArtsCenter), Carrboro, NC

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

April 2001, Studio Art Group  (Raleigh-area artists)
Jordan Hall Arts Center, Cary, NC.

Oct. 2000 - Watercolor Society of North Carolina
Juried exhibit, Gallery at Roanoke Island, Manteo, NC

Oct.-Nov 1999 - Watercolor Society of North Carolina
Juried exhibit, Capt. White House, Graham, NC

April 1999 - Cary's Annual Spring Art Show
Juried exhibit, Page-Walker Arts & History Center

March-April 1999 - Watercolor Society of North Carolina
Juried exhibit, Page-Walker Arts & History Center

Feb. 1997 - Concord Art Association,
Juried exhibit, Concord, MA

Art Teaching

I taught watercolor classes from 2000-2006 at the Sertoma Arts Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, and from 2006-8 at Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro.  I currently offer art classes at the Arts Center in Carrboro.

Copyright © 2002-2010   by Julie A. Eastman.  All rights reserved.