Julia Everett is a Hastings-based painter of vivid abstract seascapes and sunsets influenced by the British Coastline, particularly Sussex and Cornwall. Julia is endlessly fascinated by the sea and the horizon and always aims to evoke a sense of place however abstract the work becomes.
Music is integral to her work and Julia always listens to music while painting and feels this influences where the process takes her. She chooses to name her paintings from song lyrics to give them extra depth.
“I love working with pure colour and I am fascinated with light on water at certain times of day. Together with horizons, my work has a recurring theme of time and an exploration of changing light, particularly at sunset. My studio has a view of the sea so I can work straight onto the canvas which I feel gives the painting a freshness. I am often instantly inspired by the colours of the sky
and the sea from my window so I like to immediately start painting and see where
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Music is integral to her work and Julia always listens to music while painting and feels this influences where the process takes her. She chooses to name her paintings from song lyrics to give them extra depth.
“I love working with pure colour and I am fascinated with light on water at certain times of day. Together with horizons, my work has a recurring theme of time and an exploration of changing light, particularly at sunset. My studio has a view of the sea so I can work straight onto the canvas which I feel gives the painting a freshness. I am often instantly inspired by the colours of the sky
and the sea from my window so I like to immediately start painting and see where
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