Julie Weaverling
Vista, California
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.
Artist Statement
My work examines layers, transparent and opaque, as a metaphor for what is the human condition. What is hidden is sometimes more revealing than what is seen. This paradox interests me, the interplay of where we have come from and where we can be found now.
A recurring theme is the idea of compartments and compartmentalizing our lives, literally and figuratively. My work is informed by society's teachings and how to separate ourselves from our work, heritage, family, and each other. We classify in the face of trauma to cope and in the front of joy to celebrate and hold on to that positive space. We deal with compartments as we deal with labels, as a way to view this contemporary life.
My method primarily involves the layering and layering of color, then breaking through to discover what is beneath. Often, the result grows organically. However, the idea is usually well thought out.
A recurring theme is the idea of compartments and compartmentalizing our lives, literally and figuratively. My work is informed by society's teachings and how to separate ourselves from our work, heritage, family, and each other. We classify in the face of trauma to cope and in the front of joy to celebrate and hold on to that positive space. We deal with compartments as we deal with labels, as a way to view this contemporary life.
My method primarily involves the layering and layering of color, then breaking through to discover what is beneath. Often, the result grows organically. However, the idea is usually well thought out.
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