Illusion - Diptych by Julie Houck

Oil on panel - diptych
36” h x 48” w (36" h x 24" w each)

"I am inspired by the interplay of light on the landscape, which is ever elusive and always changing," shares Julie. "Painting softly allows me the opportunity to recreate that one particular special moment when the land, light and atmosphere seamlessly fuse.

Reflecting a serendipitous moment in time can be, however, a deceivingly slow and deliberate process. My work in oils involves applying layers upon layers of paint, and is highly influenced by my early classical training- particularly the study of light on form. Each landscape is painted in transparent passages with up to 40 layers of paint in order to recreate the subtle play of light on the landscape and control the incremental changes in tonality."