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Arts Council of the Central Okanagan is a resource centre and advocate for the arts in Kelowna and Central Okanagan. Find us at:
8-1304 Ellis Street
Kelowna BC V1Y 1Z8
Phone: 250.861.4123
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Featured Artist for May 2006
Julia Trops
As a child Julia loved exploring with line and color by drawing on her walls and dolls. She learned very quickly that with a little control, she could manifest ideas into recognizable form. Her mother loved the classical masters, and Julia links a great deal of her desire for expression back to her exposure (and love) of the classical masters such as Mozart and Beethoven.
Julia was encouraged from a very young age to "see" and be "aware" in more ways than the visual, and immediately after high school she took courses in the University of Calgary Fine Arts' program. She went on to continue studies at a post secondary level throughout her alternate career in the Canadian Air Force, in both correspondence and night school. One of her ultimate goals was finally reached when she attended a full time degree program at University of Lethbridge, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Great Distinction in 2001.
Historical art influences on her work include the Greek classical, da Vinci, Rembrandt, Ingres, Delacroix, Manet, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso, and most recently, Klee and Kandinsky. Influences from art theory include John Berger, Josef Albers, from theosophy Leadbetter and Blavatsky, and currently Fritjof Capra.
Her ideas incorporate her philosophy and understanding of life and space. Her interests, which are currently manifesting in her expression consist of a combination of concepts from fourth dimensional physics (specifically time and space), and music. She considers the fifth dimension to be that of the realm of experiential physics. How she approaches her art making is a result of her experiences in her previous career, and her own adaptation of the Principles of War - the most important being the Objective, Simplicity, and the Offensive.
Although Julia is conversant with many mediums and supports, she primarily uses oil paint because of its sensual properties of liquidity and lusciousness. This allows her to explore the fourth dimension on a two dimensional surface, in an immediate and gestural form with saturated colours and a simultaneously bold and sensitive manner. The strokes of paint become notational and describe the human form or concepts in a musical, rhythmic style.
Since arriving in Kelowna in 2001, Julia has built a reputation on cooperation and initiative, for the success of all. She believes vehicles, such as Arts Council of the Central Okanagan, Chamber Music Kelowna and most recently, the Okanagan Symphony, are the way to increase exposure for all artists and to educate and enrich the public.
In 2004, Julia was interviewed by Sheryl McKay of North by Northwest, Radio CBC Vancouver, and featured in Okanagan Life, a magazine which travels throughout the Okanagan valley. In 2003, Julia was featured on the front cover of Capital News' Showcase with a spotlight on her return to the art field.
» Featured Artist for April 2006: Yvonne Morrish
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