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A NEW BEGINNING

It has always been about the light. I was born from the light, from my mother Lucia. I follow the light... It always catches my eye.    It has been quite some time since I last blogged about my artwork. It seems like forever and a day. After my exhibition of my embroidered portraits, "Home as Hat - Flora as Fashion", at the end of 2019, Covid hit a few months later. In the 18 months of isolation that followed, I began to evaluate the trajectory of my creative pursuits. I have always seen myself as a fine art photographer but as I looked at the work I had created over the past decade, I could see that I was yearning to pursue something in a 3 dimensional form. For 34 years I worked primarily with the photographic medium, trying to add something special, something new to the lexicon that had come before me. But the medium felt oversaturated and repetitive. Inspiration had left me longing for something else... During the last months of the 20th and into the first months of the 2...

Flora as Fashion: Emil Edinger

"Flora as Fashion: Emil Edinger" 2019 I was inspired to stitch an accessory for Double EE and Bad Business front man Emil Edinger using the linear lines of the cactus close by. I decided I wanted to accentuate his hat, coat, jeans and boots with a component that reflected their  outdoor vibe . By selecting natural tones in the embroidery floss to echo wood, straw or wheat, this backpack evolved into a type of Native American burden basket. I am delighted with the final outcome of this piece, since it deviates from the other images in this series by accentuating an accessory. This image, along with 32 other embroidered photographs will be exhibited at Muszeumm Gallery from June 1 -22nd. It will be a culmination of 4 years worth of work! I hope you can join me for the opening on Saturday, June 1st from 7-9pm. Julie Green May 18, 2019

Flora as Fashion: Pamela Hobbs

"Flora as Fashion: Pamela Hobbs" 2019 While many of my embroidered portraits are intricate and heavily stitched, this portrait of the elegant and incredibly talented Digital Matte Artist Pamela Hobbs  called for a more subdued and simple stitching to compliment the intense patterns in the Op art print in her dress. The embroidery floss is actually an ice blue. The subtlty in color and application I felt was just the right tough to this image. Although understated, I was trying to emulate a cross between a Tudor ruff and bone jewelry. This print, along with 32 other images will be on view at Muzeumm Gallery from June 1st - June 22nd. The opening night is on June 1st from 7-9pm. Julie Green May 11, 2019

Exhibition Announcement!

I am delighted to announce my first solo exhibition of embroidered photographs at Muzeumm Gallery. I hope you will be able to join me on Saturday, June 1st for the opening from 7-11pm. An exhibition catalogue will be available to purchase at the gallery and then online once it closes. Julie Green May 4, 2019

Flora as Fashion: Stacy Ellen Rich

Flora as Fashion: Stacy Ellen Rich Throughout 2016 and 2017, I crafted 16 images in a series that I called " Home as Hat ". These images where inspired by an image I shot while I was photographing Kim Shattuck from The Muffs for my " Day in the Life of a Rock 'n' Roller " series.  As we walking around her neighborhood, I had her stand in front of a lovely gabled home. I quickly saw through my lens the shape of a hat emerging from the pointed roof behind her and I excitedly snapped the shutter to capture her in front of it. It became clear in that instant that there was a new body of work waiting to be created. I've just started to embark on a new angle to this series inspired by the wildly talented Costume designer Stacy Ellen Rich. The photograph above was taken with the intention of adding it to my Hat series but I quickly realized that the vegetation around her could be repurposed into a colorful skirt and adjusted my perspective to concentra...