Taft Street Art Market

Thank you again to all who came out to the Taft Street Art Market. It was such a great experience to get out and meet so many new people. The Art Market was the first time I ever tried to go out and sell some of my paintings. I was very encouraged by my experience and look forward to participating in more Art Markets. What was so great about this particular Art Market is that 20% of the money earned went to Living Water. We were so thankful that we were able to give our time and money to such a great cause.

If you have any questions in regard to the Art Market please contact me at juliachariee@gmail.com. If you are interested in purchasing a painting that you saw please click on the "purchase and commission" tab.

Thank you again to all who came out the Art Market!

Duplicates

blue window

Red Door

Red Lilly

Random Pieces

Girl with a Pearl Necklace

Heart of Joy

Eclectic

African Spices

2 The Least

I have been helping some friends with a non-profit they are trying to get going. The heart of the organization to help "the least of these," through orphan care/adoption. If you want to know more about the organization you should check out their blog at 2theleast.blogspot.com.

You can purchase a set of cards with one of the images being this one. I was inspired a by a picture of a little girl in Uganda that a friend took.

beauty from ashes

You can make a donation to 2theleast.org and receive an e-mail with one of the 3 images below on a gift tag for you to gift to someone for Christmas. The gift tag will say, "however much money, was given in your honor to orphans in Uganda, a domestic adoption or to living water." We are doing this to provide alternate gifts to support Advent Conspiracy.

This piece is about adoption. I used newspaper on the background of the painting. I also cut out certain scriptures from the Bible and pasted them on the canvas. You will receive this image on a gift tag if you donate to a domestic adoption.

Adoption

This piece is about orphans. My husband helped me come up with this idea. The painting is of the same boy. The one on the left is how people often see orphans. The image on the right is how God sees orphans. He sees all of us as princes and princess. We are children of the King, orphans, middle class, rich, or poor. We are equally loved and adored by our creator. You will receive a gift tag with this image if you donate to orphan care in Uganda.

In the Eyes of the King

This piece is about water. From left to right the water starts out dirty and then becomes clean which then clean water gives life. God is our living water, when He comes into our lives He washes us clean. You will receive this image on a gift tag if you donate to Living Water.

Water

If you have any questions about 2theleast please contact me via e-mail. juliachariee@gmail.com

Sunsets

Alabama Sunset

City Sunset

Come Walk With Me

Trees

I have a friend that had a vision of a tree. She saw the tree withered and dying. She did not know how to help the tree. She then saw Jesus walk toward the tree and touch it. The tree came back to life. The darkness melted away and vibrant colors took its place. She then saw Jesus running with her around the tree. Life was given to her and the Healer and Comforter rejoiced with her. The verse around the tree is Psalm 1:3, "He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers." I loved painting this tree so much.

"Day One"

Colorful

Most of my work is pretty colorful, but I could not think of another title for this post. I did the first 3 pieces for a bridal party in June. The bride and I got together a couple of times for her to tell me about her wonderful friends and together we came up with some ideas for me to paint for the girls. There were 10 paintings in all. the other 7 are scattered into other categories. The bottom left piece is NOT from my imagination. It is a painting that I reproduced in a smaller size...so I cannot be given much credit for the beautiful design.

The bottom right piece is very special painting to me. For the past 5 years I have spent most of my painting time creating for other people. People would tell me what they want or give me a photo and I would paint it for them. I had a good starting pointing in getting my imagination going, so creating without somebody telling me what they want has become a challenge. So this painting was my freedom painting. I was reading a great book called "Hinds Feet on High Places," when I painted this. I sat at my easel while I read and just let me hand go and explore something new. There are lot of tears, smiles and healing painted into that piece. I felt the Lord showing me freedom from fear and washing me new.

Exotic Purple

birds in a blue forest
Cannot Reproduce

Freedom

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Flowers

Yellow Lilly

I really enjoy painting flowers.... especially lilies. In one of my art classes in high school, my friends would make fun of me for always wanting to paint flowers. I guess they make me happy :)

Red Lilly

Sunshine Flower

Barcelona inspired pieces

In 2007 and 2008 I got the opportunity to spend some time in Barcelona, Spain. In 2007 I studied Art and Spanish. I was really inspired by the graffiti and the magnificent doors. The graffiti in Europe was different than in the states. Here is seems like most graffiti is gang related or just simple vandalism. In Barcelona, it was art. They would literally mark off streets in order for someone to create a piece of graffiti. I would love to learn how to make graffiti! So, here are some pieces that I created from my time in Barcelona.

Red Door

Blue window (without scripture)

Love Graffiti

Open Door

Coming Very Soon!

Thank you to all who came out to the Taft Street Art Market on Saturday! We had a great time meeting people and seeing such creativity exhibited. I will post pictures of the remaining products from our booth very soon as well as many photos of my previous work. As you can see, I'm just now getting this up and running. So check back soon :)

If you have any questions in the meantime, please feel free to e-mail me at juliachariee@gmail.com.