Julia Brooks

Julia Brooks' current paintings are predominantly based on still-life scenes, with a focus on colour and light. As a young painter, she is still developing her style and technique, however, her interest in rendering tone is a key feature of her work. This is expressed through planes of gradiated, solid colour. “Before i begin a painting, i spend some time looking closely at the subjects i have chosen to depict, paying particular attention to how the light plays across their surfaces. I then mix up a series of similar hues with a limited range of colours and decide on a rough colour scheme. This scheme evolves as i paint and is complete only when all of the tones and colours are balanced together. “

2008

Rowley Contemporary Art, Winchester
Affordable Art Fair, (May)
Cambridgeshire Art Fair, (June)
Three Roses Gallery, Arundel, (May)
Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, London
Four Walls' Summer Exhibition, Fulham (July)
Fisherton Mill, Salisbury (July, ongoing)
Russell Gallery, Putney (August - mixed exhibition)
Hampshire Art Fair, near Winchester (October)
Edinburgh Art Fair, (November)
Russell Gallery, Putney, (December - mixed exhibition)
Four Walls' winter exhibition 08, Fulham, (December, mixed exhibition)