Julie Lawrence
My artwork draws upon the mystical perspective of the visionary landscape tradition. I am based in the Wirral, and I hold a BA (First Class Hons.) and an MA in Fine Art from the University of Chester in 2009. After many years teaching in special Education, I have only recently begun to develop my practice professionally. My most recent exhibitions have included the Pastel Society’s annual open exhibitions at the Mall Galleries in London, where I was awarded the 2023 Yoshimoto prize. I am also really pleased to have recently contributed to the Drawing (Paper) Show catalogue and exhibition at the Bridewell Galleries, as well as the Platforms Project in Athens.
I work predominantly in pastels and water-based media, responding to a daily walk with my dog through local woods and heathland. I am fascinated by the way experiences of changing light and weather influence memory and perception, and while I contemplate the movement of my own shadow passing through the landscape, I consider how this is transformed by memory too.
The work invites notions of impermanence as I focus on the transience of my shadow moving through an ever changing sense of place. The work strives to make tangible a liminal sense of time which hovers between nostalgic association and something unknown.
