Julie’s Life Musings

Earlier this year, I was invited to be a featured artist for a magazine called Soulacy…It’s a beautiful nourishing read, that is packed full of inspirational, soul filling articles. I [...]

QUIZ TIME…! If I were to ask you what the most expensive artwork sold by a living artist was today… Would you know…? I didn’t until I started a little research into [...]

I’ve discovered mindset is a huge part of success, or failure. In the words of Henry Ford… “Whether you think you can, or think you can’t… You’re right.” [...]

I ran a poll on LinkedIn a while back, because I was interested to discover more about people’s experiences with art galleries. I know that sometimes people feel a bit intimidated about walking [...]

Last week I should have been hosting an Art Retreat Week…. I’d created a beautiful intimate space to teach all things encaustic, with a good dollop of space to dream, think, inspire and [...]

Here is a round up of my journey into becoming an artist…  From a girl who was repeatedly told by society that “art was just a hobby” and consequently embarking on a life of [...]

I’ve debated sharing this, as it’s taken a lot of internal processing to get to this point.  I’ve touched on this story before, but decided I would share it in full today, because the [...]

What I’m sharing today, has been shared before, but it’s so important, I think it’s worth sharing again…. How many of us were told we couldn’t ‘do’ art… YEP… HANDS UP… Perhaps you painted a [...]

Never too late to embrace something new… My Father-In-Law Peter is 86 years old… Pete has spent a good amount of time staying with us over the last couple of years, and whilst he never had an [...]

Two years ago today I picked up the keys to my new studio….  I feel a rendition of “Happy Birthday to me…. Happy Birthday to me…” coming on….  After finally making the decision to rent a studio, [...]