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		Sky Blue Water oil 24x24		Spring Floral oil 24x18

		Sunrise o il 24x30		Corporation Beach Breakwater Morning o il 24x30

		Sunrise o il 20x24		6AM Nauset Morning oil 20x24

		Nauset o il 24x18		Beachwalking Nauset Dunes o il 24x18
		The spontaneity of watercolor has always lent itself to my love of working outdoors. Combining the best of both possible choices I am able to focus on capturing the moment. The challenge of working in every variety of possible weather conditions or seasons is exhilarating. Each day’s work comes with its own unique problems to solve. From paint freezing on the surface of 140lb. Arches cold press paper, to insects or windblown sand and twigs or raindrops, all assisting with visual texture in the final piece of work. This is the most immediate way for me to experience the moment. I find myself becoming completely absorbed in the transitory shifts of light, air, wind, sand and beach flies. My painting becomes the record of my experience of being there. If I have succeeded, I am brought back to that moment. I work with Winsor Newton paint and use a variety of cold press paper. In the field I use an easel and work vertically, with heavy water jugs, usually 2-liter soda bottles, to stabilize the easel. If wind becomes a problem, I just move to the ground to cut down on resistance. When temperatures drop below 32 degrees I put hot baked potatoes in my pockets. They’re good for up to 40 minutes of warmth and then provide vitamin c and about ninety calories of energy. I began taking art lessons as a child in the second grade on Saturday mornings. This continued through high school at Massachusetts College of Art. I attended Emmanuel College in Boston, and majored in art. I graduated in 1967 and began teaching art in the Waltham Public Schools, where I am currently the Art Director. My painting is done regularly on weekends and school vacation weeks during the year, and during the summer, wherever my travels take me. For the past three years I have been doing most of my work along the coast of Massachusetts, from Rockport and Gloucester in the north, to the beaches and tidal flats of Cape Cod. This most recent summer brought me back to Idaho to visit relocated friends. While out west, I took advantage of an opportunity to paint along the coast of Washington and the coast of San Juan Island.
		Professional Exhibitions and Awards Professional Exhibitions and Awards Depot Square Gallery 2007 Time Out, Paintings of Italy and Greece 2005 Paintings of Ireland- Outside and In 2002-Inside-Outside, Two Person Show 2001-Summer Colors, Group Show 2001-Back to The Future, Group Show 1999-Two Person Show, The Waters’ Edge 1999 One-Person Show, From Time to Time. 1997-98 One Person Show, Of Time and Place, watercolors 1996-97 Gallery C, New Work, Florals in Watercolor 1995-96 Gallery B, New Acrylics, Seascapes 1994-95 Two Person Show, The Way It Should Be, Watercolors 1993-94 Three Person Show, Sites and Seasons, Watercolors Cape Cod Art Association 2007, January, Best in the Show, Oil, “Corporation Beach-Morning” May, Director’s Award, Oil, “Sunrise” 2006 Firsat Prize Watercolor, Second Prize Printmaking 2005 July New England Exhibition Honorable Mention Watercolor 2004 Oct. First Prize Watercolor 2002 May Members Show, Honorable Mention, Pastel 2001 Sept.Second Prize Monotype 1993 Spring Open Juried Show Evelyn Dibner Memorial Exhibit, First Prize in Watercolor Winter Juried Show 1992 Third Members Show, Yarmouth Art Guild Award New England Impressions, Christine Witteveld Memorial Exhibit 1980 All New England Show, Honorable Mention in Watercolor South Shore Art Center 2001-Blue Ribbon Members Show 1998 Juried Members Show 1996-97 Featured Gallery Artist 1995-96 Featured Gallery Artist 1994 Blue Ribbon Members Show 1993 Art Festival Watercolor Demonstrator New England Juried Exhibition, work selected for exhibition in Congressman Studds, Washington DC office 1992 Art Festival, Honorable Mention in Watercolor Other venues from 1995-2007 include Chatham Center for the Arts, All Cape Show Yarmouth Cultural Center, Blooming Arts Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged Habitat Nature Center, Belmont Marriott, Andover Waltham Weston Hospital Harvard Community Health Centers: Welesley Center, Brookline, Medford Other Exhibitions – One Person Shows 1999 Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, Jamaica Plain 1998 Habitat Nature Center, Belmont 1996-97 Marriot, Andover 1995 Waltham Weston Hospital 1999-2003 Harvard Health Center, Wellesly 1995-97 Harvard Health Centers, Medford, Brookline Membership and Juried Exhibitions 1992-2001 South Shore Art Center, Cohasset Honorable Mention Watercolor 1992 1980-2004 Cape Cod Art Association 2005 July all New England exhibition, Honorable Mention, watercolor 2004 May Members Show Honorable Mention, Pastel 2001 September, Second Price Monotype 1993 Spring Open Juried Show, First Price Watercolor 1992 Yarmouth Art Guild Award Summer 2004 Travel across USA Sept-Oct 2004 Travel Ireland Education University of Lowell, 1984-86 Certification in Administration Assumption College, Worcester, MA 1981-84 MAT in Fine Arts and Art History Emmanuel College, Boston MA, BA Fine Arts Major Further studies and workshops with: Joe Santoro, Claude Croney, Bette Lou Shlemm, Ed Minchin, watercolor Connie Flavell Prat, Pastel portraits Joyce Zavorskas, Monotype Work Experience 1986-2004 Director of Art K-12, Waltham Public Schools 1971-1985 Art Teacher, Waltham High School, Waltham MA 1968-1971 Elementary Art Specialist Julie Blanchard retired in June 2004 from 36 years of art teaching and administration in the Waltham Public Schools.
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