Welcome to JulieDuwelArt

My name is Julie and I’m a fine artist who enjoys expressing my love of the outdoors through my paintings. I especially love landscapes because I get to try to capture God’s majesty in the mountains, lakes, oceans, flowers, critters, and especially – THE SKY! I hope you enjoy my art as much as I enjoy creating it and sharing it with you.

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Mountain Days 24 x 36

Almost There 24 x 36

Solitude 24 x 36

Misty Forest 24 x 30

The Clearing 30 x 24

Boulder Sunrise 30 x 24

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Cliff painting today….yesterday I spoke of a cha

Cliff painting today….yesterday I spoke of a challenge of painting structures, today I tell you another challenge…or opportunity for growth…is painting from a photo. In general I don’t paint from photos. I like to paint from experiences of places I’ve been and emotion I feel from seeing all different kinds of landscape in the world. I will use photos as reference sometimes to give me a sense of feeling but very rarely paint an image from a photo. That being said….the opportunity for growth in painting from photos is amazing and I’m taking it all in on this one.

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Blocking in the structure for this beast. This pai

Blocking in the structure for this beast. This painting is definitely challenging me in numerous ways. First challenge…Painting buildings is not my specialty. I love love love to paint landscapes with big skies, beaches and mountains. One of the many amazing things about being an artist is there is always a new challenge around the corner and 9 out of 10 times I surprise myself at the result. Fingers crossed this is one of those 9 times!

Stay tuned for the other amazing challenges/opportunities this painting is presenting …

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I’ve been working on this commission a lot latel

I’ve been working on this commission a lot lately. Sometimes you spend a ton of hours on blocking in color and shapes before you can get into the “real” work of making this the piece of art you are aiming for. Small steps….one day at a time.

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Sometimes I finish a painting and get stuck with t

Sometimes I finish a painting and get stuck with the naming process. Other times it hits me almost immediately. Does this happen to any of you? Help me name this painting please…all suggestions appreciated!

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Sketching out my image on the canvas with pencil i

Sketching out my image on the canvas with pencil is not something I usually do for my paintings….but when working on this large scale, 72x36 I try new things! Working on a commission piece …. Coming soon!

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Finished this painting….here is the process from

Finished this painting….here is the process from beginning to end.

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I love to watch videos of other artist paint. I ho

I love to watch videos of other artist paint. I hope you all are getting the same joy it brings me to paint these pictures. Adding more layers to this sunset mountain landscape today.

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Laying down the first layers and foundation of thi

Laying down the first layers and foundation of this 20x20 painting. Right now I’m juggling getting some new paintings ready for some summer shows and working on a commission. My July is looking very full! The exciting part is new paintings coming soon!

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I’m always amazed at how many brushes I use in o

I’m always amazed at how many brushes I use in one painting session. There is something so relaxing to me when I clean my brushes that I don’t mind at all the amount of them in sink at the end of the day. I love how the swirls of color mix with the suds.

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It’s been a short little while since I’ve been

It’s been a short little while since I’ve been able to sit behind an easel. Getting back to what I love after some great time off spent at camp and with friends and family.

Part of my process is to prep the canvas with a warm base layer before I paint the picture. First step accomplished.

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