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Gallery Location:

583 Dana Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Gallery Hours:

Primarily by appointment; we are usually available with a 30 minute request.

Always open for Art After Dark, 5 to 8 pm on the first Friday of the month.

Telephone:

805 459-1711

Email:

sheryl@ednacontemporary.com

Instagram: @ednacontemporary

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Julie Brookman

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Del Monte

Del Monte

Hideaways

Hideaways

St. Anns

St. Anns

Pirate's Cove

Pirate's Cove

Sudden Canyon

Sudden Canyon

Eau

Eau

Arena

Arena

Rebentaciao 7

Rebentaciao 7 •

Avila Beach

Avila Beach

Praia de Negra

Praia de Negra •

Montara 3

Montara 3 •

Rebencao

Rebencao •

Ibsen's Ocean

Ibsen's Ocean •

Pismo Beach 1

Pismo Beach 1 •

Pismo Beach 2

Pismo Beach 2 •

Shell Beach 1

Shell Beach 1 •

Shell Beach 2

Shell Beach 2 •

Padang Panang

Padang Panang

Martini Creek

Martini Creek

Mare

Mare

Moss Cove

Moss Cove •

Point Arena

Point Arena

Empyrean Sky

Empyrean Sky

Shelter Cove

Shelter Cove •

California, Point Lobos

California, Point Lobos •

Taraval

Taraval •

Del Monte

Del Monte

Hideaways

Hideaways

St. Anns

St. Anns

Pirate's Cove

Pirate's Cove

Sudden Canyon

Sudden Canyon

Eau

Eau

Arena

Arena

Rebentaciao 7

Rebentaciao 7

Avila Beach

Avila Beach

Praia de Negra

Praia de Negra

Montara 3

Montara 3

Rebencao

Rebencao

Ibsen's Ocean

Ibsen's Ocean

Pismo Beach 1

Pismo Beach 1

Pismo Beach 2

Pismo Beach 2

Shell Beach 1

Shell Beach 1

Shell Beach 2

Shell Beach 2

Padang Panang

Padang Panang

Martini Creek

Martini Creek

Mare

Mare

Moss Cove

Moss Cove

Point Arena

Point Arena

Empyrean Sky

Empyrean Sky

Shelter Cove

Shelter Cove

California, Point Lobos

California, Point Lobos

Taraval

Taraval

About the artist...

“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever”, wrote Jacques Cousteau. Indeed, all who have stood at the ocean’s edge have felt transfixed by the irrepressible surge and ever-changing dance of water and earth. Born in California, Julie Brookman has spent her life by the sea, even working as a dive instructor in Southeast Asia. She is best known for her encaustic paintings, where through hot wax and pigment she has found a way to capture the myriad faces and moods of the sea in a way that makes time stand still and highlights a unique confluence of elemental chaos. To create her paintings, Brookman focusing on layering, transparency, and repetition in movement to allow the painting to form intuitively and of their own volition.

Brookman's process-driven approach has led to her current work Saudade, which encompasses movement, time, and place. Saudade. A longing for something so indefinite as to be indefinable. A pleasure you suffer, an ailment you enjoy. There are many interpretations for the Portuguese word, yet, none seem to capture the nuance and depth that is present in the native tongue. My latest series, Saudade, is an exploration of the indefinite and uncapturable. I've long been drawn to the sea. It is permanent, but always changing. Never the same, but always there. The act of seeing the sea is the act of remembering it for what it was.

Brookman works as a full-time artist in Montara, California.


 

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