Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Julia Michry has been awarded the gallery’s Artist Showcase Feature. This award is based on the results in the gallery’s recent “Solo Art Series #9 Exhibition”.

Julia Michry is a Tuxedo, New York-based artist.  Julia creates stunning landscape paintings and she is known for use of color and textures. Julia Michry will now be featured on the gallery’s front page and in the “Artist Showcase” section of the gallery’s website.

Julia’s Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to over 350+ major news outlets, with inclusion on Google News and Bing News. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting this event in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.  In addition, at the conclusion of the Artist Showcase feature her landscape paintings will be available for viewing in the gallery’s Artist Showcase archive.

Below are Julia’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 images that were submitted to this competition.

Artist Biography:

Julia Michry was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Her love for art and design started early and by the fourth grade, she was enrolled in an art school for gifted students. After graduating from high school, Julia studied at the Saint Petersburg Art and Industry Academy (MYXA), one of the country’s best art colleges. Continuing her studies when she came to America, Julia earned her BA in Graphic Design in just three years from New York’s School of Visual Arts. She worked as graphic designer in publications like Fortune, Saveur, Garden Design, Fitness, People, Rolling Stone and many more, winning over 25 awards in leading graphic design competitions.

As a graphic designer, Julia never gave up her true love of traditional art. Making the necessary time to hone in on her skills and desire to focus on painting. Her medium is watercolor, and while her work reflects a deep love of nature, it is also rooted in Julia’s Russian background. Julia’s use of colors and patterns is reflective of her heritage and adds another element to her paintings.

Artist Statement:

My favorite medium is watercolor. It is an unusual way that I use it though, with lots of details. I love I really like trees in the winter when you can see every branch, they are beautiful and elegant. I know a lot of people think of them as dead in the winter, but to me, they are sleeping and getting ready to bloom next spring. It’s all about beauty and promise.  Julia’s works can be found on this website is http://behance.net/michry