Julie Gilbert-Pollard

Phoenix artist, Julie Gilbert Pollard, paints in oil and watercolor in a fluid, painterly

manner. Her painting style, while representational, is colored with her own personal

concept of reality. “The eye may see as a camera ‘sees’, but the mind’s eye sees

an altered, imagined image, what it wants and hopes to see. It’s that illusive image,

uniquely mine, along with a heightened sense of ‘realness’ that I try to express in

my paintings. This world of ours is often a frightening and mysterious place, but it is

filled with scenes and subjects that excite my eye and imagination! The magical allure

of the natural world, and my reverence for it, compel me to try to capture its essence

on canvas or paper.” Garden “portraits” are a specialty of hers, as are her lovingly

rendered Arizona landscapes.

Julie has authored and illustrated articles describing her creative painting and teaching methods which have been

published by WATERCOLOR ’92, Fall Issue and THE ARTIST’S MAGAZINE, September 1987. Her painting,

Early Light appears in the International Artist book, HOW DID YOU PAINT THAT? 100 WAYS TO PAINT

LANDSCAPES, along with her description of the process, 2004. She is currently working on a book on

oil-over-acrylic for North Light Books, scheduled to be published in 2008.
A frequent award winner, Julie’s oils and watercolors have hung in numerous juried and gallery exhibits. Her work

 is included in many private and corporate collections.