About: Julie Sanderson
Artist Statement
I love painting outdoors—it’s amazing to watch how the light shifts throughout the day and changes everything around me. Being out in nature inspires me, whether it’s capturing the wind moving through the trees or the way sunlight bounces off a building. When I paint, I’m really just trying to share the feeling I have in that moment.
Artist Bio
Julie Sanderson is an artist living in Montgomery, Texas. She graduated from Texas Tech University with BBA in Marketing and a Minor in Art. She has worked at many large advertising agencies in Texas. After leaving advertising, Julie became an Interior Decorator. However, the draw to become an artist has always been there, and she is now able to pursue a career in art. Julie works primarily in oils with a loose realistic vision.
Current awards are:
-Selected as Field Artist for 2025 EPAT Texas Artist Revival in San Angelo, Texas.
-Juried into Paint the Town in Marble Falls in 2022 through 2025. Received Third Place 2024.
-Juried into Plein Air Southwest in Galveston in 2019, 2021 and 2023 through 2025. Received the Award of Distinction in 2019.
-Second Place award in Salmagundi Club Rites of Spring Member Competition 2023.
-Juried into En Plein Air Texas in 2023 and 2022. Received the 10th Anniversary Celebration Award in 2023.
-Juried into Wayne Plein Air Festival in 2023. Received the Gamblin Award.
-Juried into Shadows on the Teche (2022).
-Award of Distinction and First Place Quick Draw at Paint Kerville! 2022.
-First Place at Paint the Town 2023 and 2022 in Columbus, Texas.
-Best of Show at Brushes by the Beach Competition 2021 in Galveston, Texas.
-Juried work into American Impressionist Society Fall 2021 and 2022 and Spring 2024 Online Exhibit.
-Wet Paint Award of Excellence at the Oil Painters of America Convention, August 2021. Juried into the Western Exhibit in 2024.
-Award of Excellence and Artists’ Choice Award at the Outdoor Painter’s Society Competition, September 2021.
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Galleries
Kindred Studio
2221 Market Street #103, Galveston, Texas 77550
Ardest Gallery
25200 Grogans Park Dr., Spring, TX 77380
832-296-6723
Shows/Exhibitions
DeGallery Solo Show November 2023
Associations
Salmagundi Club Member
OPS-Outdoor Painters Society, Signature Member
AIS-American Impressionist Society
OPA-Oil Painters of America