Studio Portrait. London. 2019

Here's a studio portrait taken by Daniel Devlin of me in my East London studio in the spring of 2019. 

We used one of the shots from this series of photographs for the cover of my memoir 'Art, Life and Everything' which was published in September last year.

I always find it difficult to pose for photographs but was pleasantly surprised by the results of this photo shoot!

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'Art, Life and Everything' Postcard

'Art, Life and Everything' is a memoir detailing Julie Umerle's life as a painter in London and New York City. 

Here's a link to 'Art, Life and Everything' should you wish to read it: amzn.en/dp/1527242161

Artnet

7 Artworks From Artnet’s Gallery Network That Our Experts Are Loving This Week.

Pleased to have my painting, Split Infinity, selected for this feature in Artnet this week. So exciting to have one of my paintings selected. Thank you Artnet!

Split Infinity is geometric and hard-edged, but also contains free-flowing areas where rivulets of paint cascade down the surface of the painting. The canvas is a divided field of blue and green, using soft similar tones as a ground for geometric shapes.
–Yi Zhang

Split Infinity

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'Art, Life and Everything' by Julie Umerle

A memoir, it is said, represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation. The writing of this book was a labour of love and a huge task to accomplish as a debut author. Many times I felt lost, but it was a huge achievement to see it finally published, nonetheless. Nine years in the making!

This is the story of my life as a painter in London and New York.

'Art, Life and Everything' is available to purchase online through a number of selected bookshops including amazon.co.uk, Waterstones and Foyles. Priced at £11.99 (paperback).

ISBN-13: 9781527242166

'Art Life and Everything: A memoir'
Julie Umerle

Artnet

Check out fifteen of my paintings on artnet.com, available to purchase online through Artnet.

Octagon (red) 2018
Acrylic on canvas
45 x 45 cm
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Octagon (red) is part of a series of small scale paintings by Julie Umerle of abstract solid shapes. These are strong works, confident and self assured. The artist isolates a geometric form within the confines of the space, tightly positioned within the square of the canvas. The paintings are minimalist and hard-edged, using bold colour to maximum effect. 

The Hampshire Art Show

I am pleased to be participating in the forthcoming Hampshire Art Show in Andover,  Hampshire, an exhibition that had been put on hold due to the covid pandemic. 

The exhibition opens on Friday 29 May and continues online until 16 June when it opens to the public and remains open until 10 July. Viewings available by appointment. Artworks also available to purchase online.

Nadia Waterfield Fine Art

The Old Grain Store

Westover Farm

Goodworth

Clatford

Andover

Hampshire

SP11 7LF

contact: nadia@nadiawaterfieldfineart.com

www.nadiawaterfieldfineart.com

I will be showing four small paintings from the Unwrapped Polygon series (see one of the paintings below).

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For further details, please have a look at the news section on my website:

https://www.julieumerle.com/news 

                                                               

Review of 'Art, Life and Everything' by Malcolm Stow

Art, Life and Everything

Julie Umerle's long awaited memoir follows a lifetime of art, life and just about everything. Born in Connecticut, USA to a Polish-American father and a mother from the East End of London, she moved to Walthamstow in England with her mother at the age of five, whilst her father remained in Connecticut.

She went on to study French Literature at the University of Sussex, and art at the respected Falmouth School of Art in Cornwall, then to New York for her subsequent Masters at Parsons School of Art.

Typically following her own path in art, she uses both strong and subtle colour and line, whilst some of her recent paintings are more organic (as raindrops or microscopic organisms). Her book contains not enough examples of her artwork (her memoir ends in 2010), but the 38 colour plates that accompany her story describe her thinking in visual form.

This is a memoir that succeeds in allowing us to see the artist through her personal stories that are intriguing and interesting in themselves: her life, her art, and everything she puts into these public works. Highly recommended as appealing to artists, biographists, and story tellers for posterity. And this reader at least, would look forward to a book of more of Umerle's artwork.

Malcolm Stow

London, May 2020