Julia is an abstract landscape painter and her studio by the Thames in West London is a location that inspires a lot of her work. Her use of vivid colours, combined with the influence of music, produce vibrant and dynamic paintings. Julia graduated in Fine Art at Brighton University and many of her paintings are in private collections. “I am moved by the sky and sea and am trying to capture the feelings one can experience from being in a wild and dramatic landscape or watching the sunset into the sea. I am inspired by the British landscape and its coastline and I love being able to work by the river in London. My paintings are concerned with the reflective aspects of natural beauty as realised in water, landscape, light and pure colour. I paint from memory rather than life and each painting is an emotional response to a sensory experience and an attempt to recapture how it felt to be in a particular place at a certain time. I always listen to music when painting and feel that this has a strong influence on the finished work. Many of my paintings are named from song titles and lyrics.”