From Winter to Spring: Happy Easter!

Julie Drew

Happy Easter!Christ is Risen!He is Risen indeed! Spring is slow in coming this year. Well, I’m not sure it is any different than other years, but we had a teasing 20C day a week ago, which has made this past week feel even more cold with its sub-zero temps. This wintry spring that doesn’t want…

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Flight, Flowers and Family

Julie Drew

For this commissioned painting, Lilac Garden, I recently finished, I imagined a place of peace and rest. I would like to sit and enjoy a garden like that. I am so glad they liked the painting! I used eggshells and sand for the texture of the wall and sawdust for texture in the ground. The…

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Turning Demos into Paintings

Julie Drew

One of the things I do when I teach is to demonstrate painting techniques. Sometimes I already have a painting in mind and sketch it out before class, knowing it can work for a demo. However, most of the time it is a technique or project that I start with the class or a demonstration…

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Thinking of Spring and Flowers

As winter continues to wrap its cloak of snow around us, I think toward Spring and flowers bedecking gardens, meadows, homes. I bought a blooming orchid to remind me of Spring. I have yet to draw or paint it, but I enjoy its beauty on our dining room table. I brought my two calla lily…

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Birds and Flowers art Show

Oct 25-Jan 2, 2019 Blue Curve Gallery, Glenrose hospital

Birds and Flowers Art Show Artist: Julie Drew October 25, 2018 – Jan 2, 2019 Reception: Nov 20, 20182 – 6pm Location: Blue Curve GalleryGlenrose Rehabilitation Hospital 10230 111 Ave NW, Edmonton AB   I love flowers and birds there is something that is so joyful of the beauty of flowers and the singing, the soaring…

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