With over 20 years’ experience, Julie is a seasoned artist that has won a number of awards for her outstanding creative work. She has a degree in Graphic Design and Illustration.  Her style ranges from realistic to whimsical character based artwork that shows a childlike innocence. In addition her art can be found on garden flags, door mats, rugs, pet mats, gift bags, holiday ornaments, figurines, trays, clocks, trivets, tableware both ceramic and paper and stationery products.

Julie works from her home studio overlooking Forest Lake of Forest Lake, MN with her two golden retrievers Max and Lily close by. She and her husband Arvin have two adult sons Jesse and Sean both living in neighboring communities.