JULIE WOLK | ARTIST
My hope is that the art I create within the alchemy of color, texture and luminosity connects you to something inside yourself that feels alive, soul-full and seen.
Fresh Paint
The "Crazy Sisterhood" series was born from an abstract self portrait that I painted the week after my father died in the Fall of 2025. The image that emerged was raw, tender and evocative of the complexity of aliveness. Since then, more women emerged on my canvas – whimsical, salty, sassy, pensive, absurd, messy, poignant. Just like life.
Recognition
Winner of the Thomas Stevens Gallery Sponsor's Award during the Fall 2025 Paint It Orange
In October 2025, I participated in Paint It Orange, an en plein air event presented by the Orange County Arts Commission in North Carolina. This was the first time that I dared myself to step out of the comfort of my studio, take on the challenge of a juried, en plein air event.
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The weather was chef's kiss perfection as I joined 89 artists to paint local scenes – outdoors, in real time, and without photo references – within a hair-raising 52-hour window. It was insane, exhausting but incredibly fun. (Well, mostly fun. Except when the wind and my easel decided to dance together...with jazz hands.
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Although I considered several exquisite vistas to paint, during my scouting expeditions, I kept returning to a simple, dilapidated old wooden sled that someone rescued and perched against a tree by a forest.
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I felt a strong pull towards what this scene represented: the exhilaration of snow days that unfortunately now rarely exist; childhoods before video games and social media; and curiosity about the social cost of abandoned innocence.
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Thank you to all sponsors –– and especially to the collector who purchased this very special piece.
Getting Started
With My Underpainting
and Texture Layers
The "Messy Middle" and wondering whether this will really take shape before the deadline
Incredibly grateful and honored for the recognition, and that a collector purchased it.
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Inquiries
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I appreciate your interest. Thank you for loving art.