Julian is a multi-media artist working with paint, ink, resin, metal, cameras, and computers. His most recent works are primarily in oil and acrylics. Themes explored are often sci-fi in nature, wavering between utopian and dystopian. He enjoys robots, space ships, and the female form as robots and/or spaceships. His work can range from dark/ominous to light/humorous.
Julian started drawing when he was three. He painted off-and-on through his teens and twenties, but fell in love with photography, film, and computer animation. This led him to a career in video games which he eventually left in 2012. Since then he's been dividing most of his time between his family and painting. Outside of art, Julian enjoys cooking and traveling and playing his guitar now and then. He lives in Des Moines, WA, with his wife Katie, and kids Lola and Benicio.
"I am a deeply creative, curious spirit. I strive to explore many themes in my work and I believe this shows in the diversity and depth of my portfolio. I trust that my audience will be able to navigate the varying themes in my work, to see the unifying threads.
I like to ponder the future, long- and short-term. I dwell on the past, near and distant. I think of my place here on Earth and our place in the Universe. I think about black holes and bone structure, dark matter and AI.
Much of my work deals along futuristic themes, from giant robots to perhaps less obvious mechanical forms and technical patterns in my more abstract pieces. But I'm also interested in the mechanics of line and form, of color and texture, of light and balance and atmosphere.
I am my happiest when I'm creating and I hope to share this with you."
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