ARTIST STATEMENT
“In airflow, particles, sound waves…veining across this poor, battered home of ours…Everything predicts everything else. Everything affects everything else.” –Maggie Steifvater, Mr. Impossible
In my painting process I return to shapes that are found in the natural world: branching lines and layers of color echo botanical and geological forms. My work brings me deep inside the body and far out into the universe. I’m trying to make sense of it all.
I am looking for the trail.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Julie Waltz-Stalker is a visual artist based in Corning, NY. She received a BA of Fine Art in painting and sculpture from Houghton University in 2006. From 2006-2009 Julie worked as a studio assistant and apprentice to the painter Thomas S. Buechner. Julie creates primarily in oil paint, alternating between representational and abstract styles. Much of her work is informed by her personal history and explores the intersection between what is seen and unseen, the physical and the psychological. Julie has received multiple awards in juried shows and her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across the continental U.S.
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