The Lightning Field
Acrylic on Fiberglass and Cardboard - 48" x 34"
$2800.00
Preston Orr
Guide, Painter
Savannah, GA
The River
Acrylic Mixed Media on Canvas - 18" x 24"
$350.00
Julie A. Roberts
Paddler, Painter
South Carolina
As a child in New England, I received an oil paint set for Christmas. From then on I painted and carried a sketchbook wherever I went. I felt confident I wanted to be a fashion designer or work in advertising. When I came to South Carolina in 1982, I had an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts and worked briefly in advertising and as a free-lance technical illustrator. From my artistic standpoint, I found each field too restricting and finite. In 1998, I received a mathematics degree and as a profession I teach mathematics.
My husband and I currently reside in Upstate South Carolina but our connected souls reside in the coastal regions of the south east. This is where we love to kayak and paddleboard in the marshlands and tidal waterways.
I am inspired by the tangible environment, the movement of the environment and the colors I observe. I have never been truly and completely inspired by another artist. I paint to talk. I paint to laugh. I paint to be silent. I paint to remember. I paint to forget. I paint so I don’t forget. When I paint, I am an artist. When I paint, I am achieving who I really am.
