FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                              August 9, 2022

STRATA GALLERY

Strata Gallery announces Julie England, New Terrain

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO – Strata Gallery presents established member solo exhibition New Terrain by Texas based artist, Julie England. The exhibition opens September 6, 2022 and is on view until September 24, 2022. There is a public reception with the artist on Friday, September 9, 5:00-7:00pm.

Julie’s paintings, inspired by the outdoors, especially arid terrain, will be shown at Strata Gallery, Santa Fe in September. England paints earth tones and saturated color with a sense of place, imagination and yearning. She invites the viewer to travel through topology towards the horizon, where earth melds with sky.

On one wall of Strata Gallery hang paintings with aerial perspective over Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico properties. Discussions with the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, NM about photographing her sites led to this body of work. O’Keeffe’s Clouds Above Sky series from 1965, where land observed through the airplane window was a most original pictorial idea, is now commonplace. An aerial view enhances the viewer’s awareness of space and triggers one to immediately enter the foreground.

The opposing wall at Strata Gallery holds landscape paintings featuring color and mark-making that convey energy from nature. Paint gestures capture undulating surfaces enabling a sense of movement while standing still. 

Julie England is an oil painter who grew up in Wisconsin, Florida and Texas.  Her artwork is exhibited in Texas and across the U.S. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX. After a career in the semiconductor industry, England earned an Associates of Arts degree in 2015 at Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, Texas. In 2018 she earned a Bachelor’s of Fine Art degree from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Julie lives and works in the Dallas, TX. 

Strata Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday. For more information about Strata Gallery, the current exhibit, and the future schedule of events, please visit the Strata Gallery website and Instagram.

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Strata Gallery Santa Fe
418 Cerillos Road, Suite 1-C, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
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Grateful that my Jade, Palm and Glyph painting is included in the 16th Annual Texas Artists Coalition Juried Exhibit that will be on view from  August 5, 2022 to August 27, 2022 at Arts Fort Worth in their Marlene & Spencer Hays Foundation Gallery.

RECEPTION: August 5, 2022 6:00 – 9:00 pm
JUROR: Narong Tintamusik

Arts Fort Worth Gallery
1300 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107 
https://www.artsfortworth.org/

In 2022, I am celebrating the ten-year anniversary of starting to oil paint. It’s been a pleasure to walk this path and enjoy the journey. This quote expresses well how each step built on the prior step; there is an experiential learning that cannot be cut short. “The reality is, improving yourself does not happen overnight. It takes a lot of time, and it helps to have a purpose driving you forward. There is so much potential in each of us. Pursue something that will put a smile on your face and don’t put limits on yourself. You may be amazed at what you accomplish.”

Grateful that my Landscape 102 painting is included in the CHAOS!8 Group Art Exhibition that will be on view from  August 6, 2022 to September 17, 2022 at RO2 Gallery.

Opening reception on Saturday evening, August 6, 2022.

RO2 Gallery
1501 South Ervay Street, Dallas, TX 75215
https://www.ro2art.com/

In 2022, I am celebrating the ten-year anniversary of starting to oil paint. It’s been a pleasure to walk this path and enjoy the journey. This quote expresses well how each step built on the prior step; there is an experiential learning that cannot be cut short. “The reality is, improving yourself does not happen overnight. It takes a lot of time, and it helps to have a purpose driving you forward. There is so much potential in each of us. Pursue something that will put a smile on your face and don’t put limits on yourself. You may be amazed at what you accomplish.”

Grateful that my End of the Season painting is included in the Strata Gallery Annual Group Art Exhibition that will be on view from  July 26 to August 20, 2022 at Strata Gallery Santa Fe.

Opening reception on Friday, July 29 from 5-7pm.

Strata Gallery Santa Fe
418 Cerillos Road, Suite 1-C, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
https://www.stratagallerysantafe.com/

Grateful that Summer Leaves 3  painting was awarded the Silver honor in the Painting: Traditional/Contemporary Category by Art Folio Annual 2022.

What is Art Folio?
Art Folio is a publication of the best in abstract and contemporary work as decided on by a curator who is a working professional in the art industry, usually a gallery owner or director.

Art Folio Annual 2022
https://www.artfolioannual.com/

Grateful that my Quiet Evening painting was included in the 56th Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibition that was on view from April 27 –  May 30, 2022 at the Charles W. Eisemann Center Green Gallery. Thank you for the Merchant Award.

Charles W. Eisemann Center
2351 Performance Drive, Richardson, TX 75082
https://richardson-arts.org/exhibitions/56th-annual-regional-juried-art-exhibition/

Grateful that both Quiet Evening and Yellow Hill paintings are included in the 5th Annual National Juried Exhibition on view from September 30 –  November 27, 2021 at the Center for Contemporary Arts.

Center for Contemporary Arts
220 Cypress St., Abilene, Texas 79601
325-677-8389
https://www.center-arts.com/