Julie Snyder

I am fascinated with the human form and the sense of particular places. I paint figures and landscape.

Every new painting presents a poetic opportunity to express the ordinary in an extraordinary way. Beyond rendering light, shape, form and color there lies a point between the literal and abstraction. In that place I can create a dialog between the obvious and the unexpected. Though my painting I can deconstruct what is in front of me and work towards a more compelling visual idea, expressed through loose brush strokes and a palette uniquely created for each work. Always on the look-out for new ways to manipulate paint, each canvas offers the opportunity to engage with pigments in an energetic application. At times I capture emotion, or introduce a narrative to draw in the viewer.

Whether I’m rendering a dancer, a fighter, a chef or an ancient stone wall I’m telling a story through paint.

Julie Snyder finds inspiration in athletes, dancers and the art of cuisine – from chefs to the table. The National Art Museum of Sport awarded her the Gold Medal for Painting 2013 for “Daily Drill,” painted in homage of women’s boxing, introduced at the London Olympics. Her 3rd inclusion in the museum’s “Commitment to Excellence” exhibitions.

She has exhibited with Contemporary Masters Artistic Eden at Pasadena’s Museum of History; The Oil Painters of America at Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara; and Howard/Mandeville Gallery, Washington; Addison Art Gallery, Cape Cod, Boston International Fine Arts Show, Silvana Gallery's International Salon of Figurative Art, Glendale; Galerie du Soleil, Naples & with the California Art Club at the landmark Ebell Club of Los Angeles.

She studied drawing and painting at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland.

Snyder is a seasoned traveler and makes trips Europe to paint, attracted by the landscape as well as the architecture as settings for figures. She enjoys meeting people from all cultures and is interested in collaborations with other artists.

She lives in Southern California, where she paints, holds workshops and teaches painting in Burbank and Montrose, CA and delivers painting workshops across the country.

She paints in oil, wet on wet with a balance of loose and tight brush work, using color and light to create interest and focus. Her paint quality is expressionistic as she captures the essential mood and gestures of her subjects.