Julia Sutliff
Aesthetically, I’m in love with accident. Outside, in nature, little arrangement or order can be imposed – just found. In the same way, the best things with paint seem to happen when you’re not thinking too much. I’m always in pursuit of being surprised, of seeing things in a painting that seem to have happened when I wasn’t paying attention.
I tend to like “moments” rather than “scenes” – something more intimate and immediate. Still anchored in a sense of place, but also in color, texture, and emotion.
I want to celebrate nature. There are so many pressures on the natural world – we are such a pressure on it – and to me it makes life worth living, as does art.
