Julie Pownall

Biography

JULIE POWNALL BA (Hons) Fine Art The only thing I ever enjoyed at school was Art!…It was not Until year 2000, when my real Art journey began, that I went back to College and learnt to develop new abstract aspects of painting. It was very liberating to experiment with colour and texture…development further triggered following a visit to Seville in 2002. Originally from Cheshire, I moved to the Channel Islands where I went to school, then later spent a year in Catalunya, Northern Spain. Returned to Devon, in the 70’s, being my main home for over thirty years. After completing a Fine Art Degree with University of Plymouth in 2004 followed by two years in West Sussex, I was inspired to paint aspects of Brighton Pier/others… Now in Somerset, I will be using my style of Mixed Media painting with digital photography, to capture the texture, and colours from local environments, with Mediterranean influences never far away!. Various exhibiitons, more recently, including Thelma Hulbert, Honiton, Harbour House, Kingsbridge part of DAN, exhibition, 2014 – New paintings from Cornwall after attending Newlyn Art School, Corwnall. 2019 - 'Glimpses of Somerset' for Somerset ART WEEKS at Glassification,Roses Mills, Ilminster, new works in a more semi realistic style using pastels, mixed media, acrylic. based at home, Norton Fitzwarren, no gallery no real studio, just me, inspiration and my materials.