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Julie Miller
Julie Miller is a self taught acrylic abstract painter. She has a background in the fashion industry in New York City and was a salon owner specializing in hair color. With four children and happily married for 45 years, she is now retired and enjoys painting and sharing her art.
Julie's Portfolio
Solar Bloom
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Energetic and wild, this piece bursts like a solar flare—yellow and brown flames twist outward in a primal rhythm. It's bold yet organic, with brushstrokes that echo nature and movement. A statement piece for those unafraid to hang raw power on their walls.
Energetic and wild, this piece bursts like a solar flare—yellow and brown flames twist outward in a primal rhythm. It's bold yet organic, with brushstrokes that echo nature and movement. A statement piece for those unafraid to hang raw power on their walls.
Molten Heart
Medium: Acrylic Pour on Wood Panel
Fire and flow come together in this molten composition, where reds, golds, and charcoal swirl in an alchemical dance. With its marbled textures and elemental energy, it feels alive—a striking centerpiece for bold collectors.
Fire and flow come together in this molten composition, where reds, golds, and charcoal swirl in an alchemical dance. With its marbled textures and elemental energy, it feels alive—a striking centerpiece for bold collectors.
Green Reverie
Medium: Oil on Canvas
A moody exploration of depth and shadow, this rich forest-toned piece evokes a dreamlike walk through misty woods. Flecks of gold hint at hidden paths and light. Encased in a vintage frame, it blends romantic nostalgia with abstract expressionism.
A moody exploration of depth and shadow, this rich forest-toned piece evokes a dreamlike walk through misty woods. Flecks of gold hint at hidden paths and light. Encased in a vintage frame, it blends romantic nostalgia with abstract expressionism.
Whispers of Spring
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Soft yet full of energy, this pastel dreamscape radiates with motion and optimism. Shades of mint, pink, and tangerine playfully scatter across the canvas, like spring emerging through fog. It’s vibrant, yet serene—a refreshing centerpiece.
Soft yet full of energy, this pastel dreamscape radiates with motion and optimism. Shades of mint, pink, and tangerine playfully scatter across the canvas, like spring emerging through fog. It’s vibrant, yet serene—a refreshing centerpiece.
Verdant Echoes
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
This vibrant composition captures the energy of an untamed forest, where bursts of yellow, emerald, and cobalt play across the canvas like sunlight filtered through leaves. There's a raw freedom in the brushwork—ideal for modern interiors seeking bold texture and movement.
This vibrant composition captures the energy of an untamed forest, where bursts of yellow, emerald, and cobalt play across the canvas like sunlight filtered through leaves. There's a raw freedom in the brushwork—ideal for modern interiors seeking bold texture and movement.
Time Unearthed
Medium: Heavily Textured Mixed Media
This tactile work appears as though it’s been pulled from the earth itself. With layers that resemble aged stone, bark, and decay, it captures the idea of time, erosion, and natural beauty. A stunning choice for those drawn to organic modernism and wabi-sabi aesthetics.
This tactile work appears as though it’s been pulled from the earth itself. With layers that resemble aged stone, bark, and decay, it captures the idea of time, erosion, and natural beauty. A stunning choice for those drawn to organic modernism and wabi-sabi aesthetics.
Reflections of Quiet Light
Medium: Textured Acrylic on Canvas
A luminous blend of blue, lilac, and golden light, this piece evokes a meditative stillness reminiscent of water reflecting a late afternoon sky. The layered strokes and impasto give it a classic, almost Monet-like quality—elevated with a modern edge. A timeless focal point for a space craving calm.
A luminous blend of blue, lilac, and golden light, this piece evokes a meditative stillness reminiscent of water reflecting a late afternoon sky. The layered strokes and impasto give it a classic, almost Monet-like quality—elevated with a modern edge. A timeless focal point for a space craving calm.
Crimson Memory
Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas
This piece pulses with emotion—an abstract dance of crimson, beige, and blush layered over weathered textures. It feels like a memory surfacing through time: passionate, fragmented, and raw. A conversation starter that brings both boldness and depth to any room.
This piece pulses with emotion—an abstract dance of crimson, beige, and blush layered over weathered textures. It feels like a memory surfacing through time: passionate, fragmented, and raw. A conversation starter that brings both boldness and depth to any room.
City Pulse
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
A rhythmic, urban energy radiates from this work—like neon lights reflecting off a rain-soaked street. Pops of color emerge through a gritty, industrial backdrop. This piece thrives in modern spaces, bridging the raw edge of city life with artistic control.
A rhythmic, urban energy radiates from this work—like neon lights reflecting off a rain-soaked street. Pops of color emerge through a gritty, industrial backdrop. This piece thrives in modern spaces, bridging the raw edge of city life with artistic control.
Earth's Embrace
Medium: Textured Mixed Media on Canvas
Organic, grounded, and elemental—this earthy-toned canvas draws the eye inward with its natural bark-like textures and grounding palette. It speaks to regeneration, rootedness, and the quiet power of nature. A perfect piece for collectors of the organic-modern aesthetic.
Organic, grounded, and elemental—this earthy-toned canvas draws the eye inward with its natural bark-like textures and grounding palette. It speaks to regeneration, rootedness, and the quiet power of nature. A perfect piece for collectors of the organic-modern aesthetic.
Veil of Time
Medium & Technique:
Concrete sand, alcohol, ink, pigment washes, gold highlights, and aqua hues.
Description:
“Veil of Time” is an atmospheric abstract painting that fuses texture, erosion, and transparency to capture the essence of passing moments and buried memories. Layers of sediment-like material—concrete sand and washes—form a textured surface reminiscent of aged stone, weathered walls, or forgotten ruins. These physical elements give the piece a tactile weight, anchoring it in the material world.
Concrete sand, alcohol, ink, pigment washes, gold highlights, and aqua hues.
Description:
“Veil of Time” is an atmospheric abstract painting that fuses texture, erosion, and transparency to capture the essence of passing moments and buried memories. Layers of sediment-like material—concrete sand and washes—form a textured surface reminiscent of aged stone, weathered walls, or forgotten ruins. These physical elements give the piece a tactile weight, anchoring it in the material world.
Echoes of the Earth
Medium & Technique:
Mixed media including cardboard, brown paper, moss, coffee grounds, and acrylic paint.
Description:
This richly textured mixed media artwork evokes a deep connection to the natural world, merging organic materials and bold acrylic expression. Layers of cardboard and brown paper create a tactile terrain that stretches across the middle ground, resembling ancient ruins or terraced landforms, partially obscured by earthy moss and coffee grounds.
Mixed media including cardboard, brown paper, moss, coffee grounds, and acrylic paint.
Description:
This richly textured mixed media artwork evokes a deep connection to the natural world, merging organic materials and bold acrylic expression. Layers of cardboard and brown paper create a tactile terrain that stretches across the middle ground, resembling ancient ruins or terraced landforms, partially obscured by earthy moss and coffee grounds.
Fireside Glow
Medium & Technique:
Acrylic on canvas with layered brushstrokes and a textured foil effect.
Description:
The painting features a dynamic movement of vibrant oranges with hints of yellow, red, and dark tones. The use of acrylic creates a textured foil effect, with layered brushstrokes that create a sense of motion and energy. It has an abstract feel, evoking a sense of fiery intensity.
Acrylic on canvas with layered brushstrokes and a textured foil effect.
Description:
The painting features a dynamic movement of vibrant oranges with hints of yellow, red, and dark tones. The use of acrylic creates a textured foil effect, with layered brushstrokes that create a sense of motion and energy. It has an abstract feel, evoking a sense of fiery intensity.
Wild Bloom
Medium & Technique:
Acrylic on canvas with expressive, multi-directional brushwork.
Description:
This acrylic painting exhibits dynamic and expressive movement characterized by vigorous, almost frenetic brushwork. There's a strong sense of unrestrained energy that flows across the canvas, with no single focal point dominating. The strokes appear to be applied in a multitude of directions—swirling, slashing, and dabbing—creating a lively, almost chaotic dance of color.
Acrylic on canvas with expressive, multi-directional brushwork.
Description:
This acrylic painting exhibits dynamic and expressive movement characterized by vigorous, almost frenetic brushwork. There's a strong sense of unrestrained energy that flows across the canvas, with no single focal point dominating. The strokes appear to be applied in a multitude of directions—swirling, slashing, and dabbing—creating a lively, almost chaotic dance of color.
Beneath the Cracks
Medium & Technique:
Mixed media with concrete, sand, and tissue paper.
Description:
This mixed-media painting utilizes concrete, sand, and tissue paper to create a unique textural landscape. The concrete and sand contribute a gritty, geological weight, forming the rough, earthy foundation and providing a sense of grounded, almost static movement in the darker, more densely packed areas, particularly along the outer edges and lower portion. In contrast, the tissue paper introduces a delicate, organic movement, appearing crumpled and manipulated to form ethereal, branching patterns that seem to rise and intertwine throughout.
Mixed media with concrete, sand, and tissue paper.
Description:
This mixed-media painting utilizes concrete, sand, and tissue paper to create a unique textural landscape. The concrete and sand contribute a gritty, geological weight, forming the rough, earthy foundation and providing a sense of grounded, almost static movement in the darker, more densely packed areas, particularly along the outer edges and lower portion. In contrast, the tissue paper introduces a delicate, organic movement, appearing crumpled and manipulated to form ethereal, branching patterns that seem to rise and intertwine throughout.
Glided Depths
Medium & Technique:
Acrylic, gold leaf, and tissue paper on canvas.
Description:
This acrylic painting incorporates gold leaf and tissue paper, creating a textured surface with a fractured, shimmering quality. The color palette features rich reds, and the effect is a tapestry of time, with layers of history and transformation implied through the materials and abstract composition. The painting evokes a sense of both fragility and strength, with the delicate tissue paper contrasting the bold gold and acrylic elements.
Acrylic, gold leaf, and tissue paper on canvas.
Description:
This acrylic painting incorporates gold leaf and tissue paper, creating a textured surface with a fractured, shimmering quality. The color palette features rich reds, and the effect is a tapestry of time, with layers of history and transformation implied through the materials and abstract composition. The painting evokes a sense of both fragility and strength, with the delicate tissue paper contrasting the bold gold and acrylic elements.
Urban Reef
Medium & Technique:
Acrylic with heavy impasto and mixed media texture.
Description:
This abstract painting is a vibrant interplay of rich textures and bold colors, dominated by a dynamic tension between turquoise, various shades of blue, and bright orange, punctuated by energetic greens, whites, and touches of black and yellow. The texture is highly tactile and deeply layered, suggesting a mixed-media approach or very heavy impasto.
Acrylic with heavy impasto and mixed media texture.
Description:
This abstract painting is a vibrant interplay of rich textures and bold colors, dominated by a dynamic tension between turquoise, various shades of blue, and bright orange, punctuated by energetic greens, whites, and touches of black and yellow. The texture is highly tactile and deeply layered, suggesting a mixed-media approach or very heavy impasto.
Earth's Scar
Medium & Technique:
Acrylic with heavy impasto or mixed media texture.
Description:
This acrylic abstract painting is a textured surface dominated by browns and rich auburn color, creating a sense of natural decay or ancient landscapes. The texture is extremely pronounced, likely built up with heavy impasto or mixed media, forming craggy, bark-like formations and sinuous lines that suggest organic structures.
Acrylic with heavy impasto or mixed media texture.
Description:
This acrylic abstract painting is a textured surface dominated by browns and rich auburn color, creating a sense of natural decay or ancient landscapes. The texture is extremely pronounced, likely built up with heavy impasto or mixed media, forming craggy, bark-like formations and sinuous lines that suggest organic structures.
Glided Currents
Medium & Technique:
Acrylic with metallic gold and copper leaf or paint, layered over textured paper or similar material.
Description:
This abstract acrylic painting is a dynamic exploration of texture and metallic luminescence, primarily using golds and coppers with underlying earthy tones and whites. The movement is achieved through a highly textured surface that appears to be built up with paper or a similar medium, creating visible creases, folds, and elevated areas. The metallic elements are applied in a way that suggests a swirling or bursting motion, catching the light and creating vibrant hues.
Acrylic with metallic gold and copper leaf or paint, layered over textured paper or similar material.
Description:
This abstract acrylic painting is a dynamic exploration of texture and metallic luminescence, primarily using golds and coppers with underlying earthy tones and whites. The movement is achieved through a highly textured surface that appears to be built up with paper or a similar medium, creating visible creases, folds, and elevated areas. The metallic elements are applied in a way that suggests a swirling or bursting motion, catching the light and creating vibrant hues.
Urban Flow
Medium & Technique:
Acrylic on three-panel canvas (triptych) with palette knife application.
Description:
This striking acrylic painting is composed of three rectangular panels vertically aligned within a dark, deep-set frame, creating a dynamic triptych. The artwork features a bold use of orange, particularly prominent in the central and upper panels, creating vibrant focal points. The artist has masterfully employed a palette knife, evident in the distinct, textured strokes and layers of paint that give the surface a rugged, almost geological quality. This application technique creates a sense of concrete-like movement, suggesting the uneven, fractured surfaces often found in urban environments or natural formations.
Acrylic on three-panel canvas (triptych) with palette knife application.
Description:
This striking acrylic painting is composed of three rectangular panels vertically aligned within a dark, deep-set frame, creating a dynamic triptych. The artwork features a bold use of orange, particularly prominent in the central and upper panels, creating vibrant focal points. The artist has masterfully employed a palette knife, evident in the distinct, textured strokes and layers of paint that give the surface a rugged, almost geological quality. This application technique creates a sense of concrete-like movement, suggesting the uneven, fractured surfaces often found in urban environments or natural formations.
Elemental Burst
Medium & Technique:
Acrylic with concrete and sand for heavy texture; applied in vertical swathes and splatters.
Description:
This dynamic acrylic abstract painting is a vivid celebration of color grounded by robust texture. It features an array of bright, vibrant hues, including rich blues, greens, yellows, oranges, and reds, which are applied in distinct vertical swathes and energetic splatters across the canvas. The painting clearly incorporates concrete and sand, which lend a significant, gritty texture to the artwork.
Acrylic with concrete and sand for heavy texture; applied in vertical swathes and splatters.
Description:
This dynamic acrylic abstract painting is a vivid celebration of color grounded by robust texture. It features an array of bright, vibrant hues, including rich blues, greens, yellows, oranges, and reds, which are applied in distinct vertical swathes and energetic splatters across the canvas. The painting clearly incorporates concrete and sand, which lend a significant, gritty texture to the artwork.
Petals of Time
Medium & Technique:
Mixed media using concrete, coffee grounds, onion peels, and metallic pigments (bronze and copper).
Description:
This mixed-media painting evokes a sense of weathered elegance and quiet resilience. Created with an organic blend of concrete, coffee grounds, and onion peels, the piece presents abstract floral forms that seem to bloom from the textured surface like relics unearthed from time itself. The onion skins, sculpted into delicate three-dimensional petals, glisten with metallic bronze and copper hues, catching light as though kissed by sun.
Mixed media using concrete, coffee grounds, onion peels, and metallic pigments (bronze and copper).
Description:
This mixed-media painting evokes a sense of weathered elegance and quiet resilience. Created with an organic blend of concrete, coffee grounds, and onion peels, the piece presents abstract floral forms that seem to bloom from the textured surface like relics unearthed from time itself. The onion skins, sculpted into delicate three-dimensional petals, glisten with metallic bronze and copper hues, catching light as though kissed by sun.
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