Demonstration & Presentation
by abstract expressionist artist Julie Bernstein Engelmann
Julie Bernstein Engelmann, an abstract artist from Indiana, PA, believes that one of the strongest differences between a "real artist" and one who is trying, is their comfort with - and ability to embrace - their materials.
Especially for abstract painting, where the handling of the materials carries the meaning of the artwork instead of the subject matter doing so, the qualities of the paint itself must be fresh and fascinating!
Julie shows how - through seven strategies of "planned accident" - to enjoy paint and enhance the wonderful things it can do without our contriving, mental intervention. She focuses on tuning into an intuitive, moment-to-moment "spiritual connection" while painting.
Julie uses mixed mediums: conte, acrylic and latex.
See Julie's work at www.julieengelmann.com.
About Julie
Julie Bernstein Engelmann earned her degrees on both coasts: her M.F.A. from UCLA and her B.A. from Barnard College in New York City, where she was fortunate to study with first-generation abstract expressionist Milton Resnick. Julie's paintings have won many First Place and Best of Show awards in western Pennsylvania. She is represented by La Fond Galleries in Pittsburgh, and is a member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Society of Artists. Julie is an ArtsPath rostered artist in the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Directory of Artists-In-Education.
Julie lives in Indiana, Pennsylvania, where she has served as president of the Indiana Art Association for three terms. She teaches art through the Community University Studies program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Julie's artwork has been purchased by corporate, private and public collections. Her painting, "Restart," was purchased by the Greater Latrobe School District Special Collection in 2006, and is included in A Unique Vision of Art, a book of the collection published by the GLSD Art Conservation Trust in 2008.
Julie won the 2009 Best of Show award in the 14th Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibition of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Council for the Arts, Inc., held at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley, Pennsylvania. She also won the 2009 Best of Show award in the "Women in Art" regional juried show at Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Two of Julie's paintings were juried into the book, Best of Artists & Artisans: Best of Worldwide Oil Artists, Volume I (Kennedy Publishing 2010).
Julie's artwork can be viewed at www.julieengelmann.com.
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© 2010 Julie Bernstein Engelmann
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