Julie Weaverling

Strength of Community, Abstract Painting

2021

Artist Comments
Rich layers of blue, black, yellow, magenta and white create the feeling of a time-worn and well-used surface. "Exploration, experimentation, layering, mark-making, and collage contribute to creating a history that speaks of time and relationships," shares artist Julie Weaverling. "Communication, distraction, and good things are all seen here."

About the Artist
Julie Weaverling’s abstract paintings are organic yet deliberate. She approaches her work with a well-developed idea, then begins applying paint. Julie experiments with transparent and opaque layers that metaphorically represent the human condition. She focuses on the idea of compartmentalizing: humans separate their work from their secrets, their friends from their traumas, creating many layers to the self. “What is hidden is sometimes more revealing than what is seen,” Julie says. Through the scraping and layering of color, the artist asks the viewer to consider what lies underneath.

Words that describe this painting: abstract, modern, layered, abstract, non-representational, mixed media artwork, blue

Strength of Community
Julie Weaverling
Acrylic, collage, colored pencil, oil pastel, graphite on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2021
36 in. h x 48 in. w x 1.5 in. d
11 lbs. 5 oz.