I’m writing to you from Wisconsin, where I’ve been taking long walks in the woods around our house before heading into the studio. These walks inspire my creativity and lead it in new directions. I often add words to the first layers of my paintings, such as poems I come up with on my walks about nature or simple memories. While they usually get covered... Continue reading

It has been amazing to see what everyone has been creating this first week of the Portrait Painting Masterclass – this session is sold out, but you can join the waitlist here. I’m also in the process of packing up my art supplies and heading back to Wisconsin in a few days. Since I’ve still got a few more days at my artist’s residency, I’m... Continue reading

In case you don’t know me. I’m so happy to connect with you here… My name is Juliette and I’m a painter and writer based in Wisconsin. However, I’m currently on an artist’s residency in Florida, soaking up inspiration for my latest collection and finishing up a non-fiction book proposal for a new writing project. I went to college to study biology, but I couldn’t... Continue reading

The more I paint, the more I realize how much of my process relies on slow movements and details that often arise from the abstractions of color. But my process also relies on surprise. Sometimes, these surprises occur spontaneously, like when I’m not liking a painting and I just have to cover it up. Sometimes, it’s a feeling I have to follow, and it’s so... Continue reading

As you may have seen on my Instagram, I’ve been painting lots of small studies inspired by sketches on paper. Oftentimes my sketches become stepping stones for my more layered paintings. In my sketchbook, I try to capture the mood, posture, color layers, and most importantly, the expression on a face. It can feel like a quick snapshot of a feeling or thought. Then I... Continue reading

Owls have always been my favorite thing to paint. I wasn’t planning to paint any owls for my new collection, but, as it happens, my creativity has its own ideas. I hear and see owls everywhere I go. So, of course, while I’ve been on my artist’s residency these last few weeks, I’ve heard two great horned owls. When I first started painting owls in... Continue reading

The other day, I felt super overwhelmed with my paintings. I thought, “I am a professional artist. I’m painting all of these things, but I don’t like any of them!” I didn’t know what to do. Then I remembered to go back to my small steps: Think of one thing that I can do. Do one thing that makes me feel better. I know that... Continue reading

I’m writing to you from my artist’s residency, where I’ll be for the next few weeks, gathering new inspirations as I work on my latest painting collection along with a new writing project. It all reminds me that I’ve always been a writer and artist. In high school, my favorite subjects were art and English. In 8th grade, we moved, and I changed schools. I... Continue reading

I’ve always been an artist. That’s what I told the gallery owner when I went in to inquire about a job. He laughed, looked at me, and said, “Of course, you’ve always been an artist.” I was in a serious slump in my early 20s. I’d graduated from college with degrees in fine arts and journalism, landing a ‘dream’ job at an arts newspaper in... Continue reading