Two California Impressionist Painters:

Julie Snyder
and
Howard Marchese

February 1-28, 2005

Artists Reception

6:00 pm, Friday, February 11, '05

Whites Gallery, 2414 Honolulu Ave,
Montrose, CA 91020
818 957 4071

Julie Snyder

A native of Scotland who lives in Southern California, artist Julie Snyder studied drawing and painting at the Glasgow School of Art. The setting itself was extraordinary and inspiring. Well-known architect Charles Rennie Macintosh designed the Art School in a unique style combining Scottish tradition with Art Nouveau and Japanese influence.

Julie's artistic career has spanned both sides of the Atlantic and included several years of residence in Spain. Julie Snyder has forged her craft as an artist in advertising, publishing and the motion picture industry, including a stint with Warner Bros.

Today she paints impressionistic figures that tell the story of everyday people in their environment. The essential mood and her warm, impressionistic sense of light and color make you linger with delight and wonder at how she caught those instants when a person is captured in movement.

She's also an accomplished portrait painter. Her intimate portraits are more than the traditional "head and shoulders" as she unerringly finds the special quality that makes each individual both unique and multifaceted.

Her honors include awards for her painting at the Businessmen's Art Institute Salons for 2000 and 2002 and at the Montrose-Verdugo City show in 2002.

Julie Snyder also finds time to promote the arts: She served for two years as president of the historic Businessmen's Art Institute of Los Angeles.

Julie teaches at the Businessmen's Art Institute of Los Angeles in Montrose.

Call 818 621 2523 for more information.

Artist's interview: Q: What do you want to say with your art? A: My mother was the first to introduce me to art when she showed me drawings of Augustus John, a well-known artist of the early 20th century. I was a little girl then but decided I wanted to be an artist too. Painting has allowed me to express a passion for life, a welcome outlet in a stoic culture where people don't show their emotions much. Also, when I left Scotland and arrived in the Mediterranean, it was a revelation. All this light and color! I was like a kid in a candy store. It gave new life to my inspiration after the gray skies of Britain. I found the same thing when I came here in California. Q: What painters influenced you most? The painters behind the painters. When I like a painter I find out who they studied and look at that. Hokusai and other Japanese painters influenced many European artists-Gustav Klimt, or Egon Schiele, for example, who use simple forms and composition. I love the linear quality of their work, the economy of line. Q: What's your favorite subject to paint? A: The human figure, but in a still life-like setting. It gives them an anecdotal history. It's more personal. Painting Workshop with Julie Snyder Julie Snyder will be teaching a figure and portrait workshop in Montrose, July 2003. Find out more about this workshop or request a brochure be mailed to you. Other venues and shows: Solo Show: Colony Theatre, Burbank, CA. March 2003 2 man show: "Figuratively speaking": Whites Gallery, Montrose, CA. July 2004 California Art Club Patron Painters Group Show: "Artists' Choice" Women's City Club of Pasadena, Pasadena, CA. November-April 2004 California Art Club Patron Painters Group Show: Ebell Club, Los Angeles, CA. February-April 2004 Contact us for more information on Julie Snyder.

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