Julie grew up on a small family farm in central Ohio, where she spent summers working in the garden, baling hay, climbing trees. In the 1990s, she began exploring American and Canadian wilderness areas, and began drawing and painting wildlife. In 2002 Julie won the Arts for the Parks Grand Prize, which precipitated her move from California to Montana and started her career as a full-time artist. Julie’s work has evolved to something with a more contemporary edge – “I’m having fun playing with abstract backgrounds, sizzling streaks of color, and big loose brushwork and knifework”.
