How many times have you been transfixed by a view only to lose it as the horizon changes, caught a glimpse of a wild animal in motion just as it disappears or woken from a vivid dream which all too quickly evaporates?
Acclaimed artist Julie Ann Scott has the gift of capturing such mesmerising moments with the artistry of a magician commanding light to strike for a moment in time - sometimes through cloud or water – illuminating and transforming the normal into the spectacular. Julie Ann has had an exciting life. She was born into an RAF family abroad, grew up in both the north and south of England and set off after leaving school, where despite suffering from dyslexia she excelled at art, to find her real father.
Subsequently she spent an eventful and adventurous time abroad working as a catwalk model in Israel, an actress in California and travelling around much of Eastern Europe carrying out mission work. Eventually Julie Ann returned to England and started creating art again, teaching herself to paint in oils by working every day for a year in a studio where her dazzling style developed.
Having spent 20 years living in and inspired by the beauty of the Lake District and selling her work to galleries nationwide, Julie Ann moved to Dorset on the spectacular south coast of England. She continues to transform her canvases by the use of dramatic light and shade whether the subject is floral, the transient flash of fish below the surface of the sea or a breathtaking landscape with clouds above riven by a shaft of sunlight.
Endlessly inspiring joy and hope in the observer, Julie Ann’s acclaimed oil paintings capture the vibrancy and mood of those magical moments leaving their sense of awe and wonderment to last forever.