Julia Roberts
Original Hand-Pulled Prints
Biography and Resume
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Julia Roberts really had no choice about where life would take her and her art. There was no coercion, no force in the impetus of her direction, and she was blissfully unaware of her sweet inevitable fate. And, as do so many of us, she let herself be guided by the duties, the obligations, the various odd twists of life's circumstances – all of which would direct her world-ranging odyssey toward her final destination in Santa Fe. Originally trained as an educator, and having taught secondary and university levels in Hawaii and Australia, Julia finally resolved to pursue her love of the visual arts. There was first a brief flirtation with weaving during her years in Australia in the early 1970s (she remembers so much wool, so little time!). Later in that same decade, with her return to her home in Hawaii, she developed a serious romance with pottery & ceramics. In the 1980s, when fate had again plucked her out of Hawaii and dropped her on the East Coast, Julia pursued comprehensive post-graduate studies at Philadelphia’s Moore College of Art. Much of her work during that period was in paint, pastel, and ink for the print media: mainly magazine and book illustration. The largest of those media projects involved the complete illustration (250+ drawings) for the travel classic Journey to the High Southwest, now in its 8th edition after 24 years in print. And throughout all of these years, Julia held an abiding love for the fine arts, with a special affinity for drawing & painting. But once again, life’s continually shifting gears took her to Europe where this love of the fine arts finally developed into a consuming passion for the highly demanding & technical art of printmaking, with an emphasis on the various classical methods of etching. Julia remained in Europe for 16 years, working in her own studio as well as in small studio groups and workshops in Paris and London. These included master classes at London's Slade School of Fine Art, and Central St. Martin’s College of Art & Design, as well as an enduring relationship working and exhibiting at the London Print Studio. But, during all of her years in Europe, Julia remained curiously haunted and intrigued by the Native American artifacts that she had drawn years before during the High Southwest book project. Remarkably, these memories formed the improbable but irresistible magnet that finally pulled her back to America. Now a firmly settled resident of Santa Fe, Julia continues to work in paint, pastel, and especially print. Her prints currently revolve around two of her very favorite subjects -- the nude and ethnic pots. Interestingly, these works are primarily of figures and objects that exist only in Julia's imagination. She muses that they are oddly similar as subjects: both are quiet, complex, fascinating vessels – always provoking thoughtful contemplation and exploration. Julia Roberts' works are held in numerous private collections abroad: England & Scotland, France, Portugal, New Zealand. In America: San Francisco, Seattle, Berkeley, Santa Barbara, La Jolla, Honolulu, Chicago, Denver, Santa Fe, Dallas, Miami, and New York. Gallery Affiliations Selected Exhibitions Education Continuing Master Class and Workshop Studies |
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