Julia Swaby

Joined Artfinder: July 2019

Artworks for sale: 247

(34)

United Kingdom

About Julia Swaby

 
 
  • Biography

    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.

     


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  • Education

    2022 - present

    London Fine Art Studios

    2004 - 2007

    University of London

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    Previous events

    Event: Abstracts of Surrender

    Dates: 1 Sep 2020 - 30 Sep 2021

    Venue: Rye Bank Gallery, Rye, Sussex

    Artist in residence

    Event: Summer Exhibition

    Dates: 2 Aug 2019 - 21 Aug 2019

    Venue: Rye, Rye Society of Artists

    Selected artists.

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Education

2022 - present

London Fine Art Studios

2004 - 2007

University of London


There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: Abstracts of Surrender

Dates: 1 Sep 2020 - 30 Sep 2021

Venue: Rye Bank Gallery, Rye, Sussex

Artist in residence

Event: Summer Exhibition

Dates: 2 Aug 2019 - 21 Aug 2019

Venue: Rye, Rye Society of Artists

Selected artists.


 

Biography

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.