Julia’s work focuses on the physicality of mark making. The paintings go through a
process using different medias that span from oil paint to pen and ink. Absorption
plays a key part in the process which allows different paint mediums to interact,
creating an uncertainty which feels lively and energised.
Julia begins working in the natural world where she can familiarise herself with the
inherent patterns that forms and repeat. Colour is applied as a reflection of the
capricious mood of society, often earthy with notes of red or blue to emphasise the
temperament of the particular work.
"I am very interested in the destructive and paradoxically constructive nature of
human beings and how our actions can create and destroy. In particular how we affect
the natural world, sometimes leaving behind a trail of irreversible damage and altered
landscapes.
Although the destructive nature of human beings is a creative force that I feel a need
to manifest in my paintings, I am more intent on expressing the awesome magnitude
of the beautiful world in which we live.”
Julia Holt