Julie Jeppsen

Julie Jeppsen is known for her paintings combining realism and the atmosphere of wild animals in the landscape. Jeppsen is a self-taught artist, whose subject matter is a wide range of animals. Encouraged by her mother, who is also an artist and father, whose keen eye for anatomy helped develop some of the most sought after pure breeds in America, gave her a powerful combination for great works of art. Jeppsen began drawing as soon as she could hold a pencil. At the age of seven, she was asked to draw murals of animals for the elementary school spring festival titled Bambi. At age 14, she started selling her work to pay for entry fees in high school rodeos. She placed 9th in the nation her junior year at the National High School Rodeo Finals and one-tenth of a second apart from winning state finals with her twin sister coming in 1st. She learned all through high school the dedication it takes to be successful and carried those principals to her art career. Jeppsen lives in Spanish Fork, Utah. When she's not painting, she participates in annual art show, including the Russell Show in Great Falls, Montana and the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston, South Carolina.