Julia Purdy
46 Waltham Street, Studio 205A
Julia Purdy is an abstract artist working in Boston's South End neighborhood.
Her paintings are rooted in intuition. Very much like a visionary, she draws her inspiration from images, and compositions that she experiences and feels well before engaging with the canvas. Her poetic and metaphysical approach to painting results in a gestural process that is mainly a translation of her pre-imagined finished work.
Working predominantly in acrylic, Purdy's expressive use of color leads her to paint with bold, vibrant colors and multiple layers to convey emotional intensity as well as multiple levels of meaning.
She has studied at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the New Art Center in Newton, Mass. She has a Master of Science in Arts Administration from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Michigan State University. Prior to painting, Purdy was a gallery teacher at the Harvard Art Museums and a volunteer at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
