Junking With Julie

Repeating He Patterns"...(a continuation of "The Singer/Sewing Good Seed" @ Twist Art Gallery for the month of July!

2011-07-02T09:39:00.000-07:00

"We Magnify Thee ... Day by Day" (up close)

"The Civil Wars" - (SOLD!)

'I am A Pilgrim"- 250$

"His Eye Is On The Sparrow" - 250$

"Seeing Past A House Divided" - $250

"No Stranger There"- 250$

Twist Art Gallery ..... Upstairs in the Arcade

into the back room....

"Onward and Upward" - $95

"The Book Divine"- $95

"Birds of A Feather"- 75$

"Even The Angels Will Listen (wooden)

- 95$

"Lead and Keep Me"- $95

"His Face I Long To See" - $125

"Bringing In The Sheaves" (Light Box)- 200$

"We Magnify Thee...Day By Day"-($ 400)

Carry Me Home" - $100

"Let The Light In" (SOLD)

"Don't Put Off Today ..For Tomorrow" -(light Box)200$

"Even The Angels Will Listen - (lightbox) - $150

"Just Me"- (lightbox) - $150

Local gallery that have carried my work....

2011-05-30T20:53:00.000-07:00

"Roses and Rustics" in the historic town of Nolansville ,Tn... carried my work for the past couple months. They were all pieces from my last show "The Singer/ Sewing Good Seed"and fit very well in this wonderful Antique store....owned by Jane Zavala...with limited hours Thursday, Friday & Saturday.

"Even The Angels Will Listen"- (light Box) -$98

"His Eye Is On The Sparrow"- $250

"No Stranger There"- $250

"His Face I Long To See"- $90

Jane has a wonderful eye and has unique style all her own....

with a great mix of old and new....

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www.rosesandrustics.com

"THE SINGER-SEWING GOOD SEED"- A WALK THROUGH THE SHOW!

2011-02-16T10:46:00.000-08:00

THIS IS A

VIRTUAL TOUR OF MY SHOW

THAT IS CURRENTLY UP AT

DOWNTOWN PREBYTERIAN CHURCH

IN NASHVILLE, TN

FROM FEB 5TH-28TH , 2011

"THE SINGER- SEWING GOOD SEED"

JULIE LEE

EVERY WINDOW WAS DECORATED WITH AN ANTIQUE SINGER

SEWING MACHINE FROM THE CHURCH'S WW2 SEWING GUILD

AND VINTAGE CHOIR ROBES THAT BELONGED

TO THE CHILDREN'S CHOIR

I WAS WORKING ON PIECES UP UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE...SO I ASKED MY DEAR FRIEND CARY GIBSON TO WRITE A "FORWARD" FOR THE SHOW...INSTEAD

OF ME WRITING AN ARTIST STATEMENT.... AND I COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A MORE PROFOUND INTRODUCTION ...

#1. THE SINGER

"10" x 11"

$150 (sold)

#2. THE TIE THAT BINDS

(Lightbox)

5" X 5"

$19o

(LIT UP!)

#3. WHEN THE BURDEN BEARER CAME

10" x 15"

$175

4. THE CIVIL WAR

34" X 13"

$300

(CLOSE UP OF... THE CIVIL WAR)

#5. SHE WANTED TO STOP

(Lightbox)

10" X 10"

$190

( LIT UP!)

6. IT'S A MIGHTY HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL

8 1/2" X 11"

$75 (sold)

#7. CHANGED IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE

8" x 11"

$75

#8. WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM COMES

(Lightbox)

8 X 8 "

$110 (Sold)

(CLOSE UP)

#9. HIS FACE I LONG TO SEE

10" X 12"

$120

#10. NO STRANGER THERE

34" X 13"

$350

(CLOSE UP )

#11. WHITER THAN SNOW

8" X 11"

$75

#12. HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW

34 X 13 "

$350

(CLOSE UP)

#13. JUST ME!

(Lightbox)

5" X 5"

$150

(LIT UP!)

#14. WHEN THE SUN SETS IN THE WEST

11" X 8"

$100

#15. MY MOTHER'S PRAYER

HAND SEWN (Lightbox)

7" X 7"

$195

(CLOSE UP)

16. EVEN THE ANGELS WILL LISTEN

(Lightbox)

6" X 6"

$125

#17. I AM A PILGRIM

34" X 14 "

$375

(CLOSE UP)

#18. IT'S A MIGHTY HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL

(Lightbox version)

8" X 8"

$125 (sold)

#19. CARRYING HEAVY BURDENS WITH LIGHT HEARTS

8" X 11"

$75

#20. THE BOOK DIVINE

7" X 9"

$150

#21. DON'T PUT OFF TODAY FOR TOMORROW

(Lightbox)

7" X 7"

$200

#22. NO DEPRESSION

34" X 13"

$350 ( sold)

(CLOSE UP)

(CLOSE UP OF CUPS ON "NO DEPRESSION" )

#23. A CHILD OF THINE

9" X 7"

$100

#24. How I Got Over

(LIGHTBOX)

5" X 5"

$ 95

25. WALKING IN JERUSALEM

(lightbox)

7" X 7"

(NFS)

26. BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES

24"X 15"

$300

(CLOSE UP)

27. I Want To Be In That Number

5" X 5"

$ 95 (sold)

(LIT UP!)

#28. LET US ALL BE GRATEFUL

14 X 8"

NFS

29. I WILL BE MY BROTHERS KEEPER

(HAND AND MACHINE SEWN)

(LIGHTBOX)

$200

#30. SEEING PAST A HOUSE DIVIDED

30" X 14"

$300

#31. HAND ME DOWN MY SILVER TRUMPET LORD

(Hand and Machine Sewn ...Lightbox)

7" X 7"

$200 (sold)

#32. NO MORE GOOD-BYES

14" X 8"

$95

#33. IN THE HUSH OF EARLY MORNING

11" X 11"

$95

34. LET IN THE LIGHT

(Lightbox)

6" X 6"

NFS

5. NOW THE DAY IS OVER

34" X 14"

$3oo

(close up)

(closer)

#36. LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT

(Lightbox)

$150

#37. SEWING GOOD SEED

10" x 14"

$300 (SOLD)

THIS COMPLETE'S THE VIRTUAL TOUR OF

"THE SINGER- SEWING GOOD SEED"!

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING

ANY OF THE ABOVE PIECES

PLEASE CONTACT :

JULIE LEE

JULIELEELEE@HOTMAIL.COM

615-438-8110

The Final PUUUUUSH!!! for "THE SINGER- SEWING GOOD SEED"!

2011-02-03T09:09:00.000-08:00

Ok...so it's been a while since i did a show of all my own original art....i have been really working hard to push my art of late....and i have to say it's like having a baby (as far as i know) ....but less painful!
there is a long gestation period and soetimes it takes months for the process to be complete.....and then the contractions begin! breathe! whew.whew....whew! here it comes! PUSH!!!!!

it all started months ago....witha bunch of wood i found at the flea market!

remembr?

laying out the idea. on my gravel driveway in October.... i had no idea what was to come!!!!!!

so my house turned into my studio......

and i found some old vintage wallpaper at my goodwill store....

and some frames out in Nollansville Tn....

and started playing with an idea....

and then she came!

"THE SINGER"

(and YES....you can take that both ways!)

and she ;ead me to rethink everything.....

which led to

"SEWING GOOD SEED"

then i had the idea to start using the titles of..... old hymns and spirituals

for the majority of the text in the pieces

"A CHILD OF THINE"

and somehow ....the hymn titles....started taking me on

a journey....to look into how we "repeat our patterns"

"I AM A PILGRIM"

and how easily ....we repeat! ...the patterns .....

lest we forget....

after finding some used box shelves at goodwill....i tried to make light boxes.....

and the old singer sewing machine that my church gave me....

was a real inspiration as well.....

so i started sewing on the light boxes

and stitching into the vellum....before i attatched it to the box!

"She Wanted To Stop Repeating Her Patterns"

"Own Your Own Patterns"

and i experimented with some free stitching.....

....by drawing with the needle!

"Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet , Lord"

and using text on transparent sticker paper!...to illuminate the words better!

then i used photo's that i loved!....by michael wilson (my favorite photographer)

He said i could use this photo he took of my dear neighbor .....Mr. Mathew Sherrill

and the text comes from a song he sang on my indi CD "Many Waters"-

"Don't Put Off Today For Tommorrow"

"I Will Be My Brother's Keeper"

and some are more successful than others!
and it's been quite a long LABOR!

but it ain't over till the fat lady SAAAAAANGS!

(meaning me)

no what i'm sprayin?

SO The opening is

This Saturday Feb 5th @ Downtown Presbyterian Church

from 6-9 ....and is a part of the "Feb Art Crawl"

...when all the downtown Nashville art galleries

have their individual openings the first saturday of each month!

and i have 3 -5 more pieces to finish in the next couple days!

PUUUUUUUUSH!!!!!

BREATHE!!!!!!

so there ya have it friends.....this has been a wild

"pregnancy"...if you will.....

and i am so excited for you to see my babies!

if you are out of town saturday the show will stay up through the month of February

and can be seen during the week (within church hours)

all pieces are for sale and my next blog will be

a post of all the remaining pieces with their prices...

so if you are interested in anything you've seen

come on down this SATURDAY!

BACK ROAD IN GA!!!!!!

2011-01-11T10:06:00.000-08:00

ok.....Elizabeth Foster (painting and singing friend) and i drove past this place on the

way to Greenwood SC for our Art Opening @ Sundance Gallery back in NOV/2010

every time we went by it...we either had no room in the car...or no time to stop ....or it was closed!

but Elizabef, ...like the sweet girl she is, stopped for me on our way home from the opening and i just

about soiled myself!

so we stopped and walked up to see if it was open!

but it was a SUNDAY morning people, in BACK WOODS GA...

whadda you think? yep.....you guessed it....

everyone was at church!

but ....we snooped around and fell in love with the random selection!

scattered all over the the surrounding yard!

WHAT THE???????? I LOVE THIS PLACE!

can i live here please?....just sayin'

UHHHHHH! yer killin me! rucka shmuka!!!!!

I peeked in the window of the old white building...and i snapped this shot

so glad....no ghost spots showed up! WHEW!

sigh....... (one small tear on my cheek :(......... snif snif...

oh you bet your sweet bootie...i's a comin back here!

with a TRUCK!!!

Elizabeth Foster ....my road buddy and fellow Artist in the TRENCHES !

found a cute MAN! too bad she couldn't take him home!

ME SOOOO SOO SAD....it was CLOSED!!!!!!

thats why i look like deputy dog! jowls and all!

DANGIT DELL!

oh...well.....just another good reason to come back to GA!

after my face unfreezes of course!

and i have my "lifestyle lift"!

NEW PIECES FOR SALE for.... The Holidays!!!!

2010-11-26T10:48:00.000-08:00

NEW " Julie Lee " PIECES FOR SALE!

These are all brand new Pieces I created this fall for a show in Greenwood, SC
with Elizabeth Foster....They are all Priced and ready to be shipped to a home near you!
if interested please contact Lindi Simms @ Sundance Gallery # 864-227-1188

"IT'S A MIGHTY HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL"

( LIGHT BOX COLLAGE )

8 X 8 " - 150$

"WHEN THE BURDEN BEARER CAME"

10 X 15 - $ 175

"SEWING GOOD SEED"

10 X 14 "- $300

"LEAD KINDLY LIGHT"

LIGHT BOX COLLAGE-

7 X 7 " -$150

"WHEN THE SUN SETS IN THE WEST"

11 X 8 - $125

"I AM A PILGRIM"

34 X 14 " - $375

(CLOSE UP)

"HIS FACE I LONG TO SEE"

10 X 12 - $ 150

"MY MOTHER'S PRAYER"

12 X 8 " - $ 150

"ATTACHMENTS"

9 X 18" - $150

(CLOSE UP OF "ATTACHMENTS")

"IN THE HUSH OF EARLY MORNING"

COLLAGE LIGHT BOX- $ 150

"LET US ALL BE GRATEFUL"

14 X 8 " - $ 125

"NOW THE DAY IS OVER"

COLLAGE LIGHT BOX- $150

"SEEING PAST A HOUSE DIVIDED"

30 X 14 - $375

(CLOSE UP BELOW)

"BENEATH HIS SHELTERING WINGS"

11 X 8 " - $125

"IT'S A MIGHTY HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL "

(WOODEN COLLAGE) - 8 X 11- $150

"IN THE HUSH OF EARLY MORNING"

(WOODEN COLLAGE) - 10 X 10 - $125

"THE CIVIL WARS"

34 X 14 " - $ 375

(CLOSE UP OF "THE CIVIL WARS")

"THE SINGER"

10 X10 " - $ 200

"EVEN THE ANGELS WILL LISTEN"

(LIGHT BOX COLLAGE)- $ 150

"DEAR TO THE HEART"

34 X 14 - $250

(CLOSE UP)

"CARRYING HEAVY BURDENS WITH LIGHT HEARTS"

8 X 11" - $95

"THERE'LL BE LIGHT IN THE VALLEY FOR ME"

8 X10 -$95

"NO MORE GOOD-BYES"

8 X14 " - $110

"WHITER THAN SNOW"

8 X11" - $95

"A CHILD OF THINE"

7 X 9 " - $95

"FAR TO TRAVEL"

8 X 11" - $110

"CHANGED IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE"

8 X 12 " - $125

THESE ARE ALL FOR SALE ...& ON DISPLAY

@ SUNDANCE GALLERY

146 MAXWELL AVE

IN GREENWOOD, SC

(FROM NOV 20TH - JANUARY 1ST, 2010)

CONTACT:

JON HOLLAWAY

LINDI SIMMS

# 864-227-1188

Julie Lee Interview

2010-11-23T12:31:00.000-08:00

Hey Ya'll T.P.A.C. (Tennessee Preforming Arts Center) featured me as their local artist of the month....and have posted an interview with me and that features a new song..."Till and Mule"

check it out and share!

Happy Thanksgiving!

A ROYAL MESS! (the process of preparing for my upcoming show!)

2010-11-16T07:46:00.000-08:00

Ok....so sometimes someone (aka Musician and Painter Friend ...Elizabeth Foster) asks me to

combine the two sides of myself and do a Music show and an Art Opening at the same time!

and I said yes!

YIKES!

don't get me wrong....I was honored to be asked by Elizabeth as she is way talented as both a professional painter and songwriter from SC where The back to back shows will be

this weekend! However I was struggling ...i had several music shows booked through October and November and I wondered where the time and inspiration to make 30 some pieces was going to come from?

But God Is Good People....and He made a WAY ...where it seemed like there was NO WAY!

As you might imagine ...my process can be a lengthy one.

I gather scraps and bits of wood , frames, boxes, buttons, photos, metal...etc from all over the

place...sometimes on my travels for music...you'll find me sifting through a local junk shop

or antique mall. For this show I found several old rectangular frames & jars of old buttons out in Nolensville ,TN. @ new favorite local shop..... The Roost

I also went in search of wood and images with my friend Harvy at The Tennessee Fairground Flee Market ....and had a blast sifting through piles of old photos

Also While in TX in October ..I stumbled upon some old photos in Austin @ my new favorite place.... "Uncommon Objects"!

I also sorted through the bins and shelves of a local GoodWill store and found a roll of antique

wallpaper and 6 box shelves! So the only new things i purchased were some Vellum and bookbinding glue from local art store Plaza Art Supplies!

and then i looked at what i already had in the house...a box of old sewing patterns I found in Knoxville...some scraps of screen from an old door i fixed up...and several old hymn books given to me by a dear friends Mark and SallyWingate.

and then through slow but exciting process of cutting, pasting, sanding, nailing, drilling, and final assemblage inevitable happens....my usually clean & Neat Cabin.... became my studio!

for weeks....i just kept telling myself...it's my studio! not my house!

and the first few pieces started coming .....& felt like a continuation of my last body of work...

.and then the miraculous happened ...and something started to change....

This was a shifting piece for me.... something clicked inside... and i started incorporting the vellum and
the sewing patterns and little pieces of string on the bobin found it self winding through some old eye hooks...like a sewing machine! .. she would be called ..." The Singer "...the double meaning... the play on words ....the sewing machine parts...it was all there!
And I started going back to pieces i had already deemed finished...and reworking them....adding bits of patterns and string....and scraps of screen.......PUSHING ...and PUSHING....until the baby was BORN!

" I am A Pilgrim "

   "SEWING GOOD SEED"



   " ATTATCHMENTS"

and then the Light box idea hit me.....to take these old Box shelves and turn them into collage lights to be
hung on the wall....illuminated from behind ...with the old wall paper wrapped around them! and then it was time to push again! Use the vellum and don't just past and image in there....build it out with screen and buttons and scraps of book binding from the old hymnals and patters from the sewing...PUUUUSH!

     "Let In The Light"

   "Even The Angels WIll Listen"
   ( more scraps and bits have been added)

so there is a little taste of the process for you.....it's a little exhausting and messy...but i wouldn't have it any other way! I love it when the Spirit shows up and leads me on a Junkyard Journey....and i hope you
will check out this new work ...all for sale through Sundance Gallery in Greenwood SC....artist reception is this Friday 6-9pm... 146 Maxwell ave ! Upstairs from Meridian Studios...

It's October....Time to make some Wooden Quilts!

2010-10-09T11:52:00.000-07:00

Recently went to the Nashville Flea Market and

found a pile of weathered wood ...

perfect for some new assemblages....

and I think i will make a few "wooden quilts"

but it all remains to be seen...

just a beginning ...

The Dry Goods Shop......Ashville, NC

2010-09-13T14:11:00.000-07:00

Recently on an outing in Ashville NC...

I stumbled into a unique little place called...

.The Dry Goods Shop....

   an Artist Collective....of gift shop and studios

and community creative space!

So inspiring ...that i wished i lived down the street

and could ride my bike to thier classes!

My Bird's Eye View

2010-08-02T11:05:00.000-07:00

Junk Heaven...

2010-07-31T23:54:00.000-07:00

Where's your favorite place to go "junking"? I have a few places I have frequented over the years like The Flea Market at The Tennessee State Fairground, my friend Becky's place ...Red Wagon Antiques off of Nollensville, Rd.out side Nashville , and of course Grandma's Attic in Crossville, Tn, the back allies behind the houses in my neighborhood....literally !

Image by Foxgirl via Flickr

However, the most amazing place i ever stumbled upon was in Pennsylvania outside of Lancaster in the middle of Amish country. I found it by accident and can't recall the name but it was the most beautiful field full of junk i had ever seen in my life! Surrounded by weathered wood and vintage metal, i wandered through rusted farm equipment and piles of slate till i discovered 8 large handmade primitive drawers. Like any good Junk artist, I had a vision of endless future creations. So, against my mother's better judgement, I drove them all the way back to Nashville in my little Honda civic. (I ended up turning them into pieces for a show at Twist galley called "My Bird's Eye View"... and they were worth every penny!)
As you can imagine, I was convinced i had found the mother load ..."junk heaven". So this past Christmas i packed up my car and drove the 12 hours home to go in search of "Junk Heaven" and i am sad to say... it is... no more. Where previously had stood endless art supplies....now stood a clean cleared field and another Amish bakery. I was gutted to say the least.. why must everything change? "He's gone out of business... closed the place down"... said a Mennonite woman up the road.

Image by Nino.Modugno via Flickr

Tears filled my eyes as the winter sun set on that cold December night. So, i consoled myself by turning on some Innocence Mission ....as i turned for home... singing "nobody knows darling... nobody knows how they are loved...".

Bead Board Barns!

2010-07-31T20:01:00.000-07:00

A few years back I went to the Flea Market at The Nashville State Fair-Grounds and purchased a huge bundle of old weathered light green bead board...I have been slowly using over the years and am just about down to my last few pieces....These Barns were made with recycled wood, paper, and vintage photos that i have collected over the years....I recently started painting on the images and overlapping the photos to create new images....so if you have the space hold onto your scraps and bits ...you never know when they might come in handy!

Alley Cats!!!!

2010-07-31T15:56:00.000-07:00

before and after

My most recent junking journey was as close as my back alley with my 94 year old neighbor Mr. Mathew Sherrill we found an old table and this vintage vinyl chair after a little soap and water and purchasing a vinyl repair kit from "Auto Zone" i tried my hand at repairing the seat!

sometimes back alleys are the best places to find free furniture in need of just a little love and imagination!