I’m getting the final bits and pieces together for Illuxcon today – can’t wait to drive in and see all the wonderful people who will be gathered there and the gorgeous art on display!

Sadly one of my paintings won’t be making it to Illuxcon – because it has been sold! I will have large prints of Bittersweet available for purchase, however the original will be winging it’s way to it’s new home when I return from Illuxcon!

I will be bringing a new piece and depending on how much sleep I get tonight it will have a companion piece. “Spock” is a new Gouache and Acrylic piece and will be shown in the Showcase this weekend! I was inspired to work on this piece because of a WONDERFUL discovery I made online – Thomas Blackshear has put out two videos on the techniques of David Grove and Bernie Fuchs. I am utterly in love with the gouache wipeout technique which is flowing right along with my current experiments with gouache. Check the videos out – they are wonderful!

http://thaxtonstudios.com/thomas-blackshear

Can’t wait to see you all there!

Illuxcon is coming up! Come see this new painting at the Showcase on Friday and Saturday nights in Reading!

I am so excited to reveal all my new pieces this year! So many new changes to show and share!

For more information about the venue and locations please check out the website:

www.Illuxcon.com

Welcome to the new and improved Julia L Powell. I have my newest portfolio of work up as well as my brand new store!

It will be a while yet until I shake off all the dust and debris – please reach out if you have any questions or issues with the site. I’m so excited to have this up and running and can’t wait to share all the good stuff that I have been working on!

I’ll be checking in each week with new updates, shows, new work and of course art book and video lists and other resources.

Exciting things are happening!