A Little Time Travel, Art created 30 Years Apart
These Paintings, Johnny and Avery, are in a Private Collection
It’s a Beautiful Day
48”x 24” Private Collection
AKA Julie Blumberg
Here is a sample of my signature written in the clay.
Artist Bio
Julie West studied studio arts with a concentration on ceramics and sculpture at Indiana University and Bloomsburg University, receiving a BA and MA respectfully. During her years as a ceramicist and sculptor, her work was shown in many galleries and shows in the New England area. With clay she sought to push the limits of the medium. Her sculptural work explored many materials, including large fiberglass pieces, wood and fiber.
Julie enjoys teaching. Her teaching experiences have included in home studio classes, art organization classes, grade school children, and at two universities. She has a masters degree in elementary education.
Since settling in St. Louis, her sculptural work has been silver sculpture to wear. Drawing is used as a tool to work on ideas, and as a finished piece. Painting is currently her primary focus. Over the last few years, she has been channeling her creative energies into developing a new body of work. The new work is a continuation of the current that runs throughout her career: a close relationship with the natural world, inspired by landscapes and organic forms. Her works often combine realism with organic abstraction, emotional expression.
Resume (In Progress) A brief, incomplete outline of my life so far.
Landscape show Hermann, Mo
Rooted in nature Belleville, IL
Gallery Pub, St Louis
Get your grove on (?), Soulard Art gallery
The Art of Food, Soulard Art Gallery
Four solo Shows, paintings and jewelry, Soulard Coffee Garden between the years 2006- 2016
Jewelry pop-ups, Soulard Coffee garden
Surrealism, Soulard Art Gallery
Landscape show, Soulard art gallery
Gallery representation, jewelry, Compenare
Gallery representation, jewelry Artisans in the Loop
Show in Washington DC, awarded 2nd
Several Group shows in Hazelton, PA At the Hazleton art league, winning awards
Teaching pottery classes at the Hazleton art league
Represented by local gallery (Main Street?) Bloomsburg, PA
Completed MA in studio art, with an emphasis on sculpture and ceramics, Thesis show entitled Emergence featured ceramic sculptures, as well as painting, drawings and prints
Mushroom series
Private drawing lessons
Built a studio in the barn for both ceramics and multi-medium sculptures including large fiberglass pieces
Built gas burner fired raku kiln for large works
Taught ceramics at Eastern CT State University
Taught Sculpture and ceramics at Quinebaug ? community college
Private in-home studio ceramics teaching
In home children’s ceramics classes
Local women artist show, Willimantic, CT
Sculpture on the boardwalk, New Haven Ct
Organic Abstraction group invitational show, New Haven Ct
Art shows (2-3) New Canaan, CT
Ceramics show, UMass, ????????
Other art shows at that gallery in New Haven (They kept my large fiberglass sculpture
In their garden for a year)
Founding member of the Bloomington potter’s coop
Founding member, By Hands Gallery, Bloomington, IN
Employed as a potter by Pyro’s Pottery, Bloomington, IN
Built wood fired raku kiln out of clay on my property
Started doing Craft/Art fairs