Julia Niederman's portfolio

Work samples

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While Magic is Real, 6 x 6 feet, charcoal, ink, oil, and silver-gilded canvas (3D scales) on canvas
Woman Warrior

Woman Warrior, 6 x 6 feet, charcoal, oil, and silver-gilded canvas (3D scales) on canvas
Warrior Series: Fanning the Flames

Fanning the Flames, 3 x 8 feet, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas ($6500)
Storytelling

4 x 5 feet, charcoal, oil and attached canvas (figure) on canvas

About Julia

ARTIST STATEMENT:

I have always been fascinated with illustrating particular states of mind, fragmented consciousness and perception of time, dreamlike states. Much of my work is inspired by dream imagery, and by the blurring of lines between self and environment. In my paintings, memory assembles a moment in time similarly to how dreams create a patchwork mental landscape.

BIO:

I am a designer and painter from Baltimore.… more

While Magic is Real

[description and details to come]

While Magic is Real

While Magic is Real, 6 x 6 feet, charcoal, ink, oil, and silver-gilded canvas (3D scales) on canvas
Detail: Ilse's paper dragon
Detail: dream city
Benji and Tufo
Detail: feet
Detail: You are magic
Scales in production
For scale in the studio, with carpet

Warrior Series

*Click for detail on all images in my portfolio - they're large canvases, often taller than me, so better to see larger! *

The constant pursuit in creating images: How to preserve one moment in life as a totem, that speaks to you across time and culture, to bring you back to that spot that in reality has instantly disappeared. A dream-like recording pulling from sometimes incongruous things to achieve that. In this series it's about a woman moving through life, honoring the moments that it takes to create a path. In personal battle, in repose, in creation, in burning down and starting again.

Warrior Series: Flying Dream

8 x 3 feet, charcoal, ink, oil and silver-gilded canvas (3D scales) on canvas
Warrior Series: Armor

Warrior Series: Armor, 6 x 6 feet, charcoal, oil, and silver-gilded canvas (3D scales) on canvas
Warrior Series: Happy Place

6 x 6 feet, charcoal, ink, oil, and silver and gold-gilded canvas (3D scales) on canvas
Warrior Series: Origins

3 x 5 feet, charcoal, ink, oil, and canvas (scroll) on canvas
Warrior Series: Siren Song

8 x 3 feet, charcoal, acrylic and oil and canvas layer (figure) on canvas
Warrior Series: Fanning the Flames

3 x 8 feet, charcoal, acrylic, oil and attached canvas (figure) on canvas
Warrior Series: Book of Dreams

8 x 5 feet, charcoal, acrylic, oil and attached canvas (figure) on canvas

Other Recent Paintings

My recent paintings have included 3D elements and layering of canvas pieces. Figures are often created on separate canvas and attached to the background. Small scales are created and cut out individually and then applied one by one in rows to create texture and a different reflection of light from every angle.

Flurry (diptych)

4 x 3 feet, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas
Two Moments of Solitude (diptych)

8 x 2 feet, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas
Storytelling

4 x 5 feet, charcoal, acrylic, oil and attached canvas (figure) on canvas
Conjuring Armor

4 x 5 feet, charcoal, acrylic, and oil on canvas
New Vision

3 x 5 feet, charcoal, acrylic, oil, and silver-gilded canvas and ink (3D scales) on canvas
Underwater Treasure

3 x 2 feet, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas

Beasts

This series came out of and extended perior of travel and the balance between fascination with, and discomfort with, being out of my element. I use beasts to attempt to represent a consciousness within its own mental environment, not exactly a person, not exactly an animal, of no particular gender, age, race... simply a being.

Beast on the Vltava

4 x 5 feet, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas
Beast Under Ponte Vecchio

4 x 5 feet, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas
Having It All

5 x 4 feet, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas
Afternoon (diptych)

8 x 5 feet, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas
Beast

5 x 5 feet, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas
Hidden Beast

3 x 5 feet, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas
Flying Dream Over Venice

5 x 4 feet, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas
Moment in the Forest

5 x 3 feet, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas
Flying Dream Over Prague (diptych)

8 x 5 feet, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas
Flying Dream Over Český Krumlov