When only 7 years old, Julie slipped into her mother’s art studio, eager to add her own brush strokes to the canvas. Her mother, an accomplished amateur painter, celebrated this seeming youthful indiscretion, igniting a passion for art in Julie’s heart, defining the rest of her life. Further inspired by the board game “Masterpiece” from the late ’60s and early ’70s, Julie dove into a world of watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media, each class a new adventure in color and form.

After earning her BFA from Montserrat College of Art in 1989, Julie ventured to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she has lived vibrantly for 35 years. Her career as an artist began modestly in the bustling, earthy atmosphere of the Tesuque Pueblo Flea Market, selling original realistic oil landscapes. Soon, she joined local art circles like The Santa Fe Society of Artists and The Northern New Mexico Fine Arts and Crafts Guild. By 2004, Julie had secured a spot at The Loretto Chapel Artisan Market, turning it into her exclusive gallery for the past 21 years.

Julie’s art took a pause during her mother’s illness in 2010. Her mother’s death inspired the introspective “Inner Landscape Series,” featuring abstract acrylic and ink works that helped process her grief through vivid colors and symbols like spirals and butterflies.

In 2012, she launched the “Heaven and Earth” series, shifting from traditional sketching to a more spontaneous painting style, focusing on mixed media to explore the connection between the physical world and life’s universal energy. This series occupied her for nine years.

By 2021, Julie introduced the “Awakening” series, emphasizing spirituality and the concept of divine awakening. In March 2025, she will begin her 21st and final season at the Loretto Chapel, displaying her latest “New Inner Landscape” series along with open edition and limited edition prints from her previous series: “Southwest Landscape,” “Inner Landscape,” “Heaven and Earth,” and “Awakening.”

Through her art, Julie continues to explore and express her experiences, focusing on themes of transformation, expansion, and spiritual connectivity.