Warm greetings to all who gather here. May you enjoy browsing and imagining each new work of art in its place in your home or office. Do you sense a good fit?

La Paz del Campo, Acrylic on Canvas, 16”x 20”, 2022, $360
Icy Stream, Acrylic on Canvas, 18”x 24”, 2022, $420
Misty Mountains, Acrylic on Canvas, 16”x 20”, 2022, $360

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Artist Statement:

I primarily paint landscapes and natural vistas in watercolours and acrylics. I love the thrill of capturing pre-dawn colours over a calm lake or a magnificent once-in-a-lifetime sunset sky.

I’m also very fond of trees. Painting them feels like I am growing trees, whether focused on their whirling bark patterns or their limbs reaching in a skyward dance. A tree climber in my youth, I’ve always found peace and communion in trees. While I am not able to climb them as I once did, I pay homage to their majestic shapes with my paintbrush.

For me, “calling in the muse” refers to my depiction of a magnificent sky or a shapely tree. These are my muses, and I am helpless to resist them.

Bio:

I am a writer, editor, published author and an end-of-life preparation facilitator. Making art is a passion that nourishes my soul, and I love to be in the creative flow of each new painting.

As a perfectionistic youth, I judged my artistic efforts harshly and didn’t pursue drawing and painting in earnest until much later in life. Inspired in my late thirties by the grand landscapes of Thomas Moran, I vowed to “do art,” no matter the results. I would not judge what flowed through me onto paper or canvas, but rather produce as my heart would lead me.

I first learned to paint with oils and acrylics on wood objects, craft painting with a friend. Using my brush to create a rosebud seemed like pure magic to me. Then, drafted by a Hebrew school art teacher to paint murals, I produced biblical scenes and whimsical child-themed renditions of my choosing. Doing so, I realized how much the act of painting fed my soul. Soon after, I graduated to painting on canvas. With great delight, I sold my first two pieces on the same day.

In 2001, I was selected to represent Tulsa, Oklahoma, as an artist-in-exchange in Israel. I was chosen to paint a 4 x 4-foot acrylic on canvas of the Valley of Galilee. Paired with an Israeli artist named Nimrod, I spent two weeks in his studio completing my painting after starting it in Tulsa. The painting now hangs alongside Nimrod’s own rendition of Galilee in the oncology waiting room of a hospital near Tiberias. This was truly an artistic dream for me and a great honour.

With each painting I completed, my “fan club” of family and friends encouraged me to pursue this hobby with more devotion. I took a few classes and chose art as the subject focus of my master’s degree in Education of Gifted Children. I learned more about drawing, composition, and nurturing the natural artist in children. In the early 2000s, I taught art part-time at the school where I worked as an administrator—what a privilege!

Thirteen years ago, I moved to Canada from the USA, and on July 1, 2018, I became a Canadian citizen. Before my husband died in 2018, we spent every summer weekend on gorgeous Lake Simcoe, Ontario. Our cottage was my studio; the lake and its waterfowl were my material. Those summers were a chapter of my life I will cherish always.

During my time in Toronto, I’ve painted several Canadian water bodies and its nearly endangered animal species. Water, animal and natural habitat conservation are very dear to my heart.

Contact: julie-nierenberg@hotmail.com

www.createwriteart.ca (art)
www.JulieSaegerNierenberg.com (author)
www.EndofLifesMatters.ca (end-of-life preparatory coaching)

Please contact me if you would like information about commissioned artworks. You can see examples of other commissioned works I’ve painted on my CreateWrite website.