Images Fine Art Gallery presents
Julie Houck
American, Hawaii-Based Artist

Julie Houck began her art career began in Boston as a professional photographer for 17 years. “I enjoyed photographing on location — especially people.” In 1995, Julie decided to pursue a career as a painter. Julie’s studied with contemporary realist painters who based their instruction on the classical principles of direct observation of color, light and form relationships in nature. She studied at the Atelier of Classical Realism in San Francisco with David Hardy, the Academy of Fine Art in Seattle with Anthony Ryder and most recently, in France, at the L’Ecole Albert Defois with Ted Seth Jacobs. Julie also has become a teacher herself and offers several plein-air painting workshops on Maui and in France.

Julie Houck’s work is part of the permanent collections of the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the Hawaii State Art Museum. She was one of the featured artists at the commemorative “Artists of Hawaii” exhibit at the Honolulu Academy of Art in 2000 and one of the artists chosen to represent the United States at the Florence Biennale 2007 in Florence, Italy. Julie has also been the recipient of many awards and is a welcome addition to Images Art Gallery.