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Julene Baker |
BiographyJulene was employed as an ad designer and production artist for over 25 years with various magazines, newspapers, and commercial advertising. She feels her graphic arts background gave her the ability to see graphic shapes and what will make a painting “pop”, after all, in ad design the purpose is for the ad to eye catching on the page so people will notice it.
Julene specializes in large format flowers, foliage, and animals for their graphic shapes, dramatic color and lighting. Her paintings really are not about flowers, or animals, but about composition, color, and light.
In her series of flower and foliage paintings the emphasis is capturing light and shadow that is so fleeting. The color and nuances of flowers have always intrigued and fascinated her, and she always hopes that others viewing her oversized petals will find them as breath taking as she did painting them.
Julene has won awards in local, regional and national competitions. The most important award was a Third Place in the Still Life/Floral Category of the 2004 Pastel Journal Magazine competition with over 3,000 entries. Another achievement that has meant a lot to her was winning an honorable mention in the Still Life/Floral category in The Artist’s Magazine Art Competition in 2003 with over 13,000 entries.
Julene was a featured artist in the August, 2006, edition of the Pastel Journal, in an article titled “Art in Bloom”.
In addition to her signature status with the Pastel Society of America, she’s also a signature member of the Ozark Pastel Society, with memberships also in the Degas Pastel Society of New Orleans, and the Artists of Northwest Arkansas.
Julene’s artwork is in private and corporate collections.
Her artwork is represented by:
EureKan Art Gallery 150 North Main Eureka Springs, AR 72632 (479) 253-0928 |
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