Julia Chance

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Julia Chance’s abstract paintings are a response to personal experiences of the city or landscapes.
Through a liberating process of chance and exploration, Julia’s paintings build up intuitively over time, taking on a life of their own.
Julia’s landscapes recently featured at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, as part of the Winter Exhibition 2020.

Julia Chance, born in Cumbria, UK in 1964, paints abstract and semi-abstract paintings which respond to her personal experiences of the city or landscapes. Julia uses sketches and photographs to remind her of specific experiences and her works are a chance to relive momentary encounters with the world around us.

Julia Chance’s Early Career

Julia received a First Class Degree in Architecture, a Diploma in Architecture and an MSc with Distinction in Architectural History (UCL). The artist then took part in painting courses led by the artist Nicholas Wilton to hone her craft and technique. Before becoming a painter, Julia was an architect working with distinguished practices in London and Sydney. Her passion for architecture shines through her mixed-media paintings and use of form, demonstrated by a remarkable ability to evoke a sense of emerging space.

Style and Practice

Julia’s approach balances control with intuition. While meticulously monitoring the work as it progresses, the artist remains open to risk and chance occurrences, allowing her paintings to take on a life of their own. Examining the interaction between colours, textures and mark-making, Julia layers, scours, blends, cuts, and splatters the paint onto her canvas. Often switching between numerous paintings simultaneously, there is a sense of freshness and spontaneity in her works born from a trust in the piece to grow and transform without restriction.

Exhibitions

Julia has a studio in South Manchester, UK. Her work is exhibited at Saul Hay Fine Art, Manchester, The Atelier Gallery Edinburgh and was also shown at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 2020.

Julia Chance Artworks

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    River 1 by Julia Chance
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    River 1 by Julia Chance

    River 1

    Paintings - 76x76 cmRent for $175 /mo
    River 2 by Julia Chance
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    River 2 by Julia Chance

    River 2

    Paintings - 76x76 cmRent for $175 /mo
    River 3 /1 by Julia Chance
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    River 3 /1 by Julia Chance

    River 3 /1

    Paintings - 23x23 cmRent for $60 /mo
    River 3 / 5 by Julia Chance
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    River 3 / 5 by Julia Chance

    River 3 / 5

    Paintings - 23x23 cmRent for $60 /mo
    Sky - Land - Lake - 2 by Julia Chance
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    Sky - Land - Lake - 2 by Julia Chance

    Sky - Land - Lake - 2

    Paintings - 76x76 cmRent for $170 /mo
    Sky - Land - Lake 1 by Julia Chance
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    Sky - Land - Lake 1 by Julia Chance

    Sky - Land - Lake 1

    Paintings - 76x76 cmRent for $190 /mo
    Gunwalloe 1 by Julia Chance
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    Gunwalloe 1 by Julia Chance

    Gunwalloe 1

    Paintings - 20x20 cmRent for $65 /mo
    Thinking Back, Thinking Ahead by Julia Chance
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    Thinking Back, Thinking Ahead by Julia Chance

    Thinking Back, Thinking Ahead

    Paintings - 76x76 cmRent for $165 /mo
    When I Close My Eyes by Julia Chance
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    When I Close My Eyes by Julia Chance

    When I Close My Eyes

    Paintings - 76x76 cmRent for $165 /mo
    It Was The Day Before They Left  by Julia Chance
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    It Was The Day Before They Left  by Julia Chance

    It Was The Day Before They Left

    Paintings - 54x55 cmRent for $85 /mo
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    It Was The Music That She Loved by Julia Chance

    It Was The Music That She Loved

    Paintings - 30x30 cmRent for $71 /mo
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    Styal 2 by Julia Chance

    Styal 2

    Paintings - 76x76 cm
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    Sky and Fell by Julia Chance

    Sky and Fell

    Paintings - 51x51 cm
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    Let's Take The Day Off And Go  by Julia Chance

    Let's Take The Day Off And Go

    Paintings - 55x55 cm

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