The paintings initiate from a glimpse of a color or texture I observe outside (or drag inside). I then use a mixture of oil and water based paints as well as bleach and charcoal to layer these observed moments over text based abstractions, embedding imagery or pattern onto and into paper and other manipulated fabric surfaces. 

I use language as a text matrix for the first layer of a painting. It is meant as a place holder for thought as well as a functional structure to organize the painting itself. 

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I look for ways to translate the relationship between the internal landscape of my mind and the external landscape that surrounds it. I point to the intersection of these dimensions through layers that create a vibration. I imagine my paintings as records of exploration but also as opportunities for the viewer to experience a collapsing of boundaries between internal and external worlds.

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Julia currently lives and works in South Lake Tahoe, CA with her husband and two kids.

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Artist/Mother Podcast Interview

“Thoughtfulness and vulnerability are at the forefront in this conversation. Painter Julia Schwadron Marianelli beautifully describes lessons learned during her journey from postpartum anxiety to a more fulfilling sense of community, self-compassion, and groundedness both as an artist and as a mother.”

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A video collaboration from 2019 with director, camera operator and storyteller, Bligh Gillies, @blighguy, about painting, trail running and the landscape.⁣ ⁣

Camera/Edit: Bligh Gillies | Second Camera: Cheyne Lempe | Music: Louis Schwadron | Audio Mix: Andy Mead