
"PAINTING IS
EXPRESSING THE EXCITEMENT BETWEEN WHAT YOU FEEL AND WHAT YOU OBSERVE"

A native of Provincetown,
Massachusetts-historic art colony for talent such as Hans Hoffman and Eugene
O'Neil-Julia grew up in an environment rich in subject matter and vivid light,
inspired by a tradition of dedicated people whose names are now well known in
the world of art. Encouraged from childhood by artist-mother, Nancy Whorf
Kelly and born a fourth generation artist, Julia's first instructor was
Grandfather John Whorf, noted watercolorist. She studied as a teenager
with Leo Manso and Henry Kendal of Provincetown. She received two
scholarships to attend the Art Institute of Boston and afterwards taught at the
Brookline Center for the Arts.
Traveling and painting throughout Tuscany,Italy, France, Spain, New England
and the Caribbean a few of her major exhibits include: Aerial Perspective
show, M.I.T. Cambridge, MA; One Woman Show, Elliot Museum, Stuart, FL;
Four Generation Exhibit, Provincetown Art Association' Generations in Art
Exhibit, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL and extensive one woman shows in
galleries in Boston, Provincetown, Florida and Puerto Rico. Her work may
be seen in private and corporate collections on both coasts and in Canada.
A member of two of the oldest recognized organizations
dedicated to the arts, Julia's first show-in 1969, at the Provincetown Art
Association-was at the age of sixteen. She also has exhibited with many
prominent Boston Painters in the juried shows at The Copley Society.
Enjoying an impressionist's view of the world, she paints
directly from nature and redesigns the ideas into large formats in the studio.
Julia utilizes both watercolors and oils, where drawing and composition and
color all play key roles in her works that can range in sizes of ten feet or
more. Powerful compositions entice the viewer to linger in her Utopian
vistas. It is the excitement and the passion she feels for nature and for
color against color that gives her paintings the lively quality they possess.
