Biography

Julie Barbeau is a contemporary realism portrait, figure and still life painter.  She earned bachelor degrees in journalism and German at the University of Missouri, and later studied drawing and painting at Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art and Gage Academy of Art in Seattle.
 
She is inspired by many great masters of the Baroque, especially Rembrandt, Titian and Velazquez.  Yet, she puts a contemporary psychological spin on her pieces.  Many of her oil paintings are multi layered works based on the classic Venetian technique.

Julie has three grown sons and currently lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband.


Solo Exhibition:
 
City of Laguna Hills Rotating Art Gallery, Laguna Hill, CA, February, 2009.  One person show.

Selected Group Exhibitions:

Orange County Fine Arts 2010 Membership Show, Santa Ana, CA, November 2010 to January 2011.
Whittier Law School, Law Library Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA, November 2009 to January 2010.
Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy, August, 2009.
Orange County Fine Arts Membership Show, Santa Ana, CA, October, 2008.  Awarded First Place in Oils.
October Featured Artist, Artist Eye Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, October, 2008.
Summer Show, Showcase Gallery, Santa Ana, CA, July to August, 2008.
The Artist's Eye, 12th Annual All-Media Juried Exhibition, OCFA, Santa Ana, CA, June, 2008.
Orange County Fine Arts Membership Show, Santa Ana, CA, December, 2007.  Awarded Honorable Mention in Oils.
Less is More, Miniature Show, Juried Exhibition, Laguna Plein Air Painters Assoc., Laguna Beach, CA, November, 2007.
Southern California Artists Annual Summer Show, Wells Fargo Bank, Laguna Beach, CA, August, 2005.
Mostly Cerulean, Southern California Artists Chapman University Show, Orange, CA, June, 2005.
Membership Show, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX, July, 1997.
Collin County Assessor's Office, Two person show, Plano, TX, May, 1997.
Membership Show, Dallas Women's Caucus for Art, Dallas, TX, April, 1997.
Judged Membership Show, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX, March, 1997.
Collin County Community College Juried Regional Art Competition, Plano, TX, May, 1996.  Awarded Best of Show.
Membership Show, Dallas Women's Caucus for Art, Dallas, TX, March, 1996.
Judged Membership Show, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX, February, 1996.


Education:
 
University of Missouri-Columbia
BA German, BJ Journalism, 1983.
Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
Studied studio art, 1994-1997.
Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art
Studied drawing and painting  with Tony Ryder, Steven Assael, David Leffel, Dan Thompson, Sean Chetham,  Sang Bang, William Rodgers, Richard Morris, Kate Sammons, 2005-2010.
Gage Academy of Fine Art
(Formerly Seattle Academy of Fine Arts
Studied painting and drawing with Martha Mayer Erlebacher, Juliette Aristides, Michael Grimaldi, John Mora, 2004-2010.
Adrian Gottlieb Atelier 
Painting the figure in oil, 2009-10.


Memberships:

Oil Painters of America, Portrait Society of America, California Art Club, Orange County Fine Arts.