Statement
“The natural beauty provided by the landscape, the luminosity and comfort of the evening sky, the peace and hope of the morning sun, inspire me to create art. The joys inherent in discovery through painting connect me to my ‘Divine Source’ to whom I am thankful for this life. Here I am able to communicate in a personal way with colors and shapes. My art is about conveyance of an ‘individual artistic voice’ through diligence, trial and error.”
“The most noticeable aspect of my painting is color. Color is an emotional tool that I use in unusual combinations to cause the feeling of movement or vibration, an emotional interpretation. My paintings are a series of risks, mistakes and corrections, like life itself. I am truly blessed when these paintings ‘connect’ with other human beings.”
“Historically I am inspired by the Impressionists, Post Impressionists, Fauvists and Expressionists. Those masters of painting of the 19th and 20th century who dared to go beyond ‘acceptable boundaries’ with color and design.”
“In my life as an artist I am moved and inspired by my contemporaries; artists whose works evoke a response in me as I delight in their unique visual language."
“It's a blinding, blazing explosion of hot, hectic hues and taut, dynamic forms. Acid greens and jarring orange and magenta radiate from near-abstract canvases by Julianne Felton. Felton's savage impressionism is brilliantly balanced by Napoli's spiritual intensity and Weaver's magnificently crafted enigmas, yet the overall impact of more than 60 pieces in two galleries is raucous, rowdy and delightfully provocative. It's not enough to simply see, study and think about a solid body of work by each of the show's three artists. Thanks to an installation that blends the works, hanging a work by Napoli next to one by Felton and then placing one of Weaver's sculptures close enough for them to interact, comparing and contrasting them is irresistible. In "Florida Backyard With Ladders," a work that dominates the Art League's long front gallery, brushwork is broad and agitated. The everyday landscape seems to be animated by unexplained energies that distort its trees, old-fashioned umbrella clothesline and tangled underbrush and color them with the artist's perceptions. Shadowy greens and yellows come into focus with the cool hues of Felton's foreground tree, densely slathered with blues that express her reactions to a familiar natural setting.” ( Laura Stewart, Daytona Beach News Journal)
Julianne Felton Painter – April 2006
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