Julia Kottal
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Oax: Copper Mountains
Mixed media on paper
Art dimensions: 11" x 15"
$500
Oax: Moody Blue Cliffs I
Oil on paper
Art dimensions: 11.5" x 15"
$500
Oax: Moody Blue Cliffs II
Oil on paper
Art dimensions: 11" x 15"
$500
San Jose del Cabo, Sea of Cortez: Small Beachscape #1
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 7" x 10"
$85
San Jose del Cabo, Sea of Cortez: Small Beachscape #2
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 7" x 10"
$85
San Jose del Cabo, Sea of Cortez: Small Beachscape #3
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 7" x 10"
$85
San Jose del Cabo, Sea of Cortez: Beachscape with Purple Cliffs
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 9" x 12"
$100
San Jose del Cabo, Sea of Cortez: Beachscape with Golden Cliffs
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 9" x 12"
$100
High Lake: Foggy Island Scene
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 10" x 14"
$275 Framed
High Lake: Distant Foggy Forest
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 10" x 14"
$135
High Lake: Lakeside Forest #1
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 10" x 14"
$275 Framed
High Lake: Lakeside Forest #2
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 10" x 14"
$275 Framed
High Lake: Lakeside Forest #4
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 10" x 14"
$135
Pale Purple Hibiscus
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 7" x 10"
$75
Golden Hibiscus
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 7" x 10"
$75
Large Orange Hibiscus
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 7" x 10"
$75
Large Yellow Hibiscus
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 7" x 10"
$75
Orange Hibiscus
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"
$75
Red-Purple Hibiscus
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 8.5" x 5.5"
$75
Yellow Hibiscus
Watercolour on paper
Art dimensions: 8.5" x 5.5"
$75
- Biography
Julia is a native mid-westener, born in Michigan. She has studied art in Florida, Maryland and California before moving to Iowa in 1992. She has a B.A., with painting as her emphasis, from Coe College. She has work in various collections nationally, including Alliant Energy, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Coe College, Kirkwood Community College, University Miami of Ohio, Millhiser Smith, Terry, Lockridge and Dunn, and United Fire Group. She is currently a full time painter.Statement
"Viewing and painting a land “sweep” or landscape, I express myself through personal reflection. Memories of the past infuse my current vision and I willingly allow the two to combine—past and present mental visions, a blended perspective into my voice. This is how and why I paint landscapes that have elements of times past, but in abstraction. I love to see, as I hope the viewer does, a “surprise” or a moment that happens in my paintings, either while painting or after completion. It is important to me to keep some sense of traditional order in the landscape, but I also like to let the paint take on a life of its own and lead me to an end result that can be unexpected and seductive.
Plowed rows in fields are reminiscent of a past growing up in rural areas of the Midwest. Retracing routes to nearby towns and farms through endless fields of grain and dirt, being hypnotized by patterns of corn and soybean fields whirling by, and finding hidden objects in clouds and vistas--these are images etched in my brain that continuously return to me.
My work begins with a feeling of a landscape but progresses to a color exploration and a desecration or falling apart of the composition, letting go the prescribed visual references to a landscape and allowing me (and the viewer) to wander and explore. I use a palette knife to apply the oils to give a tactile quality and enhance the painterly and gesture activity."VideoComing soon - Education
B.A. Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Concentration,oil painting
Non-degree Solano College, Fairfield, California
Additional college classes for non-degree including:
Sculpture, Raku pottery, Navajo weaving and Perspective drawing
A.A. Polk College, Winter Haven, Florida
Exhibits/Shows
2017
Art at the Lincoln Cafe
Mt. Vernon, IA
July
2016
"Leading Ladies"
Gilded Pear Gallery
Cedar Rapids, IA
"New Work"
Guaranty Bank & Trust
Cedar Rapids, IA
September
Quad City Arts
Art @ the Airport
Cedar River Artisans Group show
September - October
2015
Coe College Alumni Exhibit
Cherry Building, Cedar Rapids, IA
October
"Midwest Summer; Light and Warmth"
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
June - August
Artisan's Sanctuary
Cedar Rapids, IA
Cedar River Artisans Group Show
"Bindings"
April
2012
"Lure of the Local"
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Feburary - May
Featured Artist, Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids, IA
April - May
Featured Artist, Guaranty Bank
Cedar Rapids, IA
May - June
Legion Arts, CSPS
Cedar River Artisan's Group Show
"Guitar Voices"
June - August
Quad City Arts Center
Rock Island, Ill
Group Show CRA
June - Aug
Lowe Art Center
Marion, IA
Group Show CRA
September - November
"ARTSTOP"
Cedar River Artisan's
"Guitar Voices"
Valley Junction
Des Moines, IA
September
Blackhawk Community College
Moline, ILL
Group Show CRA
November - December
2011
Featured Aritst, Iowa Artisan's Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Figgi "Salon" Art Museum Group Show: "Cedar River Artisan's"
2010
Juried "Small Works" Show, Chait Callery, Iowa City, IA
NewBo Arts Festival Group show: "Cedar River Artisan's"
Quad City Arts 'Art at the Airport exhibition'
Juried "Artist Invitational"
2009
Juried "Small Works" Show, Chait Gallery, Iowa City, IA
University of Iowa Theatre Arts,
Summer Repertory Theatre Building Exhibit,
"Artist Invitational"
Metro Gallery Tour,Campbell Steele Gallery, Marion,IA,
"New Work" artist invitation.
2008
University of Iowa, President's home tour, "Selected Artist Works"
Juried "Small Works" Show, Chait Gallery, Iowa City, IA
'Artist Invitational' Alliant Energy Woman's Symposium, Featured Artist, Madison, WI
Coe College Art Department Alumni Show, Cedar Rapids, IA
2007
Marion Home Tour, 'Selected Works'
Iowa Artisan's Gallery, Iowa City Featured artist
'Artist Invitational' Alliant Energy Woman's Symposium, Featured artist, Cedar Rapids,IA
'Gallery Walk',Campbell Steele Gallery, Marion IA,Featured artist
2006
'Gallery Walk', Campbell Steele Gallery, Marion, IA
Featured artist
2005
'Gallery Walk', Campbell Steele Gallery, Marion, IA
Featured artist
B.A. Senior Thesis Exhibition, Coe College,
Oil painting
2003
Student Symposium 'Fields of Colour', Coe College
Oil painting
Awards
2002 Susan Lawson Bauma Prize in Art, Coe College, painting
2003 Susan Lawson Bauma Prize in Art, Coe College, painting
Bibliography/Publications
2010 Membership, juried Iowa Arts Council Artist Roster
2008 Emerge Midwest Art 'Zine' October Issue, juried
2007 Cedar Rapids Gazette, Iowa Press Citizen,
The Daily Palette, School of Art and Art History,
University of Iowa, dailypalette.uiowa.edu/page2.php
2003 Cedar Rapids Gazette, 'Community' April 18,
Coe College Student Research Symposium
Student Symposium 'Fields of Colour', Coe College
Oil painting
Gallery Representation
Gilded Pear, Cedar Rapids, IA
Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City, IA
East End Art, Mount Vernon, IA
Life experience:
Arts Director, Eastern Iowa Arts Director, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2009-2013
Facilitator/Artist/educator, Eastside Arts Academy, Cedar
Rapids IA, 2007-2009
Cedar River Artisan's : Collaborative Art Group
Adjudicator, Reflections Artist Competition
CRMA docent 1996-98
Art presenter, Grant Wood Elementary School 1993- 1997
Design and layout for Mercy Hospital Auxiliary publications, 1993-1997
Logo design and layout, St.Lukes Hospital Showcase
House 64 pg. publication, 1992 and 1994 editions
Collections
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA Permanent Collection
University, Miami of Ohio, Clarinet Studio
Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Terry, Lockridge and Dunn, Iowa City, IA
Millhiser Smith
Miami of Ohio
United Fire Group
Cabinet Studio and Lighting
Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Alliant Energy, Cedar Rapids, IA, (Public Art,associated with Eastern Iowa Arts Academy)
