About

Julian Woodward is a South London-based artist and painter known for his suburban landscape paintings. A graduate of the Glasgow School of Art and the Royal Drawing School, his work explores the dramatic effects of space, light and time on everyday streets, often exhibiting at the 155A Gallery in East Dulwich, with the New English Art Club (NEAC), and Hampstead Art Society.

His paintings synthesise his immediate environment, looking for universality and timelessness. His practice centres around space and light, and how this can create theatre and reverie in suburban scenes. These contemporary works are inspired by the legacy of European landscape painting.

Subject matter comes from walks around the local neighbourhood with a sketchbook. Coming across a place that grabs his attention, Julian will often start with quick pencil sketches to capture something essential about the location. He will then return for a longer period with pastel or oil paint and a home-made mobile easel that allows him to work on pavements without blocking people from passing. These studies form the reference material for paintings made later in the studio. Sometimes, a circular process of drawing from a painting and then painting from the drawing helps to refine the idea. Paintings can be executed quickly, and at other times the process continues over several months of repeated scraping back and reworking.

Julian is represented by 155A Gallery in East Dulwich, London.

Alongside his own practice, Julian runs landscapepainting.org - a geographical survey of the great landscape painters, documenting their journeys with works mapped to time and place. He is also the founder of Visual Systems Ltd, a software studio building tools for music and art.

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