Julia Swaby

: July 2019

: 187

(35)

United Kingdom

 
 
  • Julia is an abstract expressionist painter working in oils. Her work is organic and nebular, avoiding sharp edges and angles to provide a sense of calm or motion. Some work is informed by nature, especially sea and skyscapes, influenced by her coastal home town in Hastings and previously, her home in Landes de Gascogne, which continues to exert influence on her ethereal landscapes. Other work is a documentation of her encounters in prayer and meditation, pursuing a channel to the essential self.

    Having lectured in philosophy and theology, Julia is interested in the pursuit of the aesthetic, as outlined by Dietrich von Hildebrand. Von Hildebrand claimed that beauty in art is not a luxury, but is 'life-giving'. Julia's paintings are hence a conversation with states of being and with God. Harmony and peace are motifs in composition and palette.

     


  • 2022 - present

    London Fine Art Studios

    2004 - 2007

    University of London

  • : Abstracts of Surrender

    : 1 Sep 2020 - 30 Sep 2021

    : Rye Bank Gallery, Rye, Sussex

    Artist in residence

    : Summer Exhibition

    : 2 Aug 2019 - 21 Aug 2019

    : Rye, Rye Society of Artists

    Selected artists.


2022 - present

London Fine Art Studios

2004 - 2007

University of London


: Abstracts of Surrender

: 1 Sep 2020 - 30 Sep 2021

: Rye Bank Gallery, Rye, Sussex

Artist in residence

: Summer Exhibition

: 2 Aug 2019 - 21 Aug 2019

: Rye, Rye Society of Artists

Selected artists.


 

Julia is an abstract expressionist painter working in oils. Her work is organic and nebular, avoiding sharp edges and angles to provide a sense of calm or motion. Some work is informed by nature, especially sea and skyscapes, influenced by her coastal home town in Hastings and previously, her home in Landes de Gascogne, which continues to exert influence on her ethereal landscapes. Other work is a documentation of her encounters in prayer and meditation, pursuing a channel to the essential self.

Having lectured in philosophy and theology, Julia is interested in the pursuit of the aesthetic, as outlined by Dietrich von Hildebrand. Von Hildebrand claimed that beauty in art is not a luxury, but is 'life-giving'. Julia's paintings are hence a conversation with states of being and with God. Harmony and peace are motifs in composition and palette.