Posts by Julie Drew
Brokenness and Reconciliation
Painting: Bearing One Another Do you ever feel like you are stumbling along, burdened and feeling heavy of heart? I sometimes get there when I have a lot to do and it is not coming together, like this morning before I wrote this article. Some of it had to do with the thoughts I had…
Read MoreArtist Statement
I love art. It is everywhere in the world around us – in the colours of a sunset, in the sparkle of a childs smile, in the light dancing in the trees. I want to absorb it all. My mind moves immediately to how to capture that image with paint or pencil. I see art…
Read MoreBiography
She Drew It Design The Earth’s beauty whispered to Julie her entire life. At eight, she drew a tree in winter with all its empty branches becoming increasingly smaller as they reached toward the sky. Still as a child she remembers watching butterflies dance in the sunlight as they flitted among wildflowers in a…
Read MoreFinding a Way to Rejoice Always…
Finding a Way to Rejoice Always… Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 In June 2013, Alberta experienced one of its worst floods in decades. Towards the end of the June, we had an Art Vocabulary…
Read MoreWaiting for the Promise
I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you—so that you are not lacking in any gift,…
Read MoreEagles, Flight and Letting Go – what do they have in common?
I love watching birds in flight. The beautiful, majestic bald eagle soars high riding the wind, then dives down toward the water to catch a fish. This is the time of year that people start watching for eagles at Wolf Lodge Bay on Lake Coeur d’Alene, mid November to end of January, with the peak between…
Read MoreIn My Weakness, Part 2
Painting: open hands/letting go “Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit” says the Lord of Hosts. (Zechariah 4:6) At the end of my last newsletter, I was healing and thought I was done. But no, after two weeks I went for a follow up appointment with an orthopedic surgeon. The infection was…
Read MoreIn My Weakness, Part 1
Painting: redemption/Transformation “Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit” says the Lord of Hosts. (Zechariah 4:6) Weakness and failure, our world looks down on these and on those who display weakness and failure. Yet, we love the story of the underdog, the hero who rises above his past; stories of redemption, of…
Read MoreGhost River 2 Commission
A friend saw the reproduction of the painting (on the left) I had done of King’s Fold on the Ghost River. She and her husband had gone there while they were dating. Of all the paintings of the Taste of Europe show and my portfolio, this little one on the brochure caught her eye and…
Read MoreAbundant Goodness
Abundant GoodnessOh, how abundant is your goodness,which you have stored up for those who fear youand worked for those who take refuge in you,in the sight of the children of mankind! Psalm 31:19 This morning, I was thinking on God’s goodness in my life as he has been walking right beside me for as long…
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