Julie Weaverling

We Are Our History, Abstract Painting

2020

Artist Comments
When asked about this rich, densely layered abstraction, artist Julie Weaverling described the work as "a view of our histories and lives from a ten thousand foot perspective. Layers and layers, words, mark-making - all creating an environment of endless choice and dimension."

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, grey

We Are Our History
Julie Weaverling
Acrylic, graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, oil pastel on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2020
36 in. h x 48 in. w x 1.5 in. d
10 lbs. 1 oz.