Julie Brook (born 1961) is a British artist. She works in a variety of mediums in each case with a strong connection with the landscape. She has lived and worked in the

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islands, on Jura and

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and in the

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Life and career

Julie Brook was born at RAF Rinteln hospital in Germany. She lives on the

Isle of Skye The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (; gd, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or ; sco, Isle o Skye), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated ...

. She attended

The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art The Ruskin School of Art, known as the Ruskin, is an art school at the University of Oxford, England. It is part of Oxford's Humanities Division. History The Ruskin grew out the Oxford School of Art, which was founded in 1865 and later became ...

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from 1980 to 1983.

Artworks

Her works include: * ''An Dealbh Mòr'' (2005–2006), with Bun Sgoil Shlèite, a Gaelic/ English year-long project drawing and painting from the landscape of South Skye culminating in a large scale painting on canvas. Using the painting as a floor cloth the performance reflected the geological evolution of Skye through movement and music. Exhibition and performance situated at

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Sabhal Mòr Ostaig () (Great Barn of Ostaig) is a public higher education college situated in the Sleat peninsula in the south of the Isle of Skye, with an associate campus at Bowmore on the island of Islay, Ionad Chaluim Chille Ìle (the ...

and presented at the

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."Highland children show Scottish Parliament the Big Picture"
(12 June 2007) The Highland Council. Retrieved 5 September 2008.

References

External links

Official Julie Brook Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brook, Julie 1961 births Living people Scottish women artists British women painters 21st-century British women artists

Life and career

Artworks

See also

References

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