Julie Barnes | ArtGallery.co.uk

Julie Barnes is a contemporary artist, who paints figurative pieces, landscapes and also abstracts. Her work is bold in composition and rich in colour, texture and light. Her paintings have been described as classically beautiful , arousing the emotions and firing the imagination, both ethereal and visceral. Julie's works sometimes straddle the worlds between reality and dream, past life and present. In 2007 her work was selected for the Royal Scottish Academy(RSA) Exhibition, where she was awarded the RSA Keith Prize. Julie has a freedom and a whimsical; dream like approach to her subject matter, using gold, silver and bronze leaf to enhance applied oils or acrylics, giving her paintings a rich texture. This feature, coupled with a wonderful eye for colour, creates a finish which is both unique and identifiable

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