My show, “Choose What You Create,” is now on view at Gallery 527 in the artist-colony tourist destination of Jerome, Arizona. Below is the press release, which got printed in all of the local newspapers!
Keep scrolling down to find photos from the show and from First Saturday Artwalk, which served as my artist reception.
Artwalk is a fun, active time with visitors roving the galleries and shops of Jerome sampling treats and wine from 5-8 pm. The final Artwalk and Artist Reception for my show will be held Saturday, December 2, 2018, 5-8 pm. Please come!
“I’m Ready” (40×30”) embodies the crucible of a decision in the show Choose What You Create – all new work by Julie Bernstein Engelmann featured at Gallery 527 in Jerome, opening October 7 during Jerome Art Walk.
Choose What You Create
Abstract paintings by Julie Bernstein Engelmann
October 7, 2017-December 29, 2017
Gallery 527, 527 Main Street, Jerome, Arizona 86331
Opening Reception at Artwalk, Saturdays, Oct 7/Nov 4/Dec 2, 2017
Gallery 527 announces a new exhibition, “Choose What You Create” – all new work by Julie Bernstein Engelmann, opening Oct. 7 from 5:00-8:00 pm. Each of Engelmann’s dramatic abstract paintings embodies a quality she chooses to create in her life.
“Paintings vibrate with the intention behind their creation,” Engelmann says. “So I use the painting process to consciously dive into an experience or vibration that I want to amplify.”
“For instance,” said Engelmann, “I notice that my posture aligns when my heart is open and I’m at my best spiritually, so I painted ‘Open Chest’ to focus on that aligned state. ‘Gift from a Child’ comes from an imagined experience with my childhood self where she gave me a weed. I realized weeds are wild and free and unapologetic, so I painted the gift to bring it into my life. Another painting, ‘Ask Your Body,’ is a reminder that whenever I have a question about my health or emotions, my body knows the answer and will reveal it if I ask.”
Gallery owner Donna Chesler says, “The paintings are like personal stories, only just their distilled essence. Each one has a very specific feeling, which is unusual in abstract art.”
Engelmann’s lush abstracts have won numerous awards. She was honored with a retrospective exhibit, Being Spirit, at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Altoona, Pennsylvania. Site Coordinator Barbara Hollander stated, “Julie Bernstein Engelmann combines passages of poured and brushed paint that remind one of stained glass creations. Her technique relies partly on many years of study and partly on an intuitive, creative interaction with what she refers to as the painting spirit. The resulting works are spiritually resonant and ineffably uplifting.”
Engelmann holds an MFA from UCLA and a BA from Barnard College, where she studied with Milton Resnick, first-generation Abstract Expressionist. She teaches Luscious Abstractions on the faculty of the Sedona Arts Center School of the Arts.
“Choose What You Create” will be on view at Gallery 527 in Jerome from October 7 through December 29.
For more information about the Jerome Art Walk please contact Donna at 928.649.2277.
Donna Chesler
Gallery 527
527 Main Street
PO Box 1265
Jerome, AZ 86331
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- The final painting in my studio before my show: “Mission of the Masters” – and a mysterious burst of light that illuminated it!
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- I was very surprised by the pastel look of my new work once it was hung!
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- Left side
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- It’s always hard to choose which paintings to relegate to the windows. On left is “Gift from a Child,” on right is “Like Rain in the Desert.”
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- Outside Gallery 527 in Jerome, Arizona
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- The following four photos were taken by my daughter, Amber Engelmann, at October’s First Saturday Artwalk, my opening reception.
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- With Marcia and Kathleen, two former Luscious Abstractions students who came to Artwalk
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- Julie Bernstein Engelmann and daughter Amber Engelmann – photo by an Artwalk attendee
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- Such wonderful publicity in all of the local newspapers!
To view any of the paintings more closely, just click to my website gallery or back room.