ABOUT THE ARTIST

Julie Deane takes pride in achieving an excellent likeness.
She portrays the sitter's personality in a realistic but painterly style.
She lives in Gainesville, Georgia, about an hour north of Atlanta.

COLLECTIONS

Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia
University of Georgia, College of Family and Consumer Sciences. Athens, Georgia
Sugar Hill United Methodist Church, Sugar Hill, Georgia
Cumming First United Methodist Church, Cumming, Georgia
Highlands United Methodist Church, Gainesville, Georgia
Private homes throughout north Georgia

AWARDS

Third Place, Summer 2010 Drawings Exhibition, Portrait Society of Atlanta
Best of Show, 2-D, Cumming First United Methodist 2010 Festival of the Arts
First Finalist, Spring 2009 Exhibition, Portrait Society of Atlanta
Honorary Mention, Cumming First United Methodist 2009 Festival of the Arts
First Place, April 2008 Creative Spark Challenge, The Pastel Journal
Honorary Mention, Quinlan Visual Arts Center 61st Annual Membership Show
Third Place, 2007 Georgia National Fair, Fine Arts/Drawing
Third Place, Buisson Artists Rendevous, February 2007
Finalist, Third International Arts Renewal Center Competition, 2006
Best of Show, Quinlan Visual Arts Center 58th Annual Membership Show
First Place, Drawings Only Competition, Portrait Society of Atlanta
Third Place, Gamblin Colors Torrit Grey Competition 2005
Third Place, Portrait Society of Atlanta 2005
Best of Show, Buisson Arts Center February 2005 Artists Rendevous
Purchase Award, Sugar Hill United Methodist Church, 2004
Finalist, Creative Challenge 6, Watercolor Magic Magazine, August 2003

SHOWS

Summer 2010 Exhibition, Portrait Society of Atlanta, Quinlan Visual Arts Center
Cumming First United Methodist 2010 Festival of the Arts
Spring 2009 Exhibition, Portrait Society of Atlanta
Cumming First United Methodist Church 2009 Festival of Arts
2008 Membership Show, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, Georgia
Spring 2007 Exhibition, Portrait Society of Atlanta
Buisson Arts Center February 2007 Artists Rendevous
People, Places & Things 2006 Exhibition, Quinlan Visual Arts Center
Fall 2005 Exhibition, Portrait Society of Atlanta
2005 Membership Show, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, Georgia
Halpert Biennial '05, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone NC
2005 Drawings Only Exhibition, Portrait Society of Atlanta
2005 Portrait Exhibition, Dahlonega Arts Association
2004 Membership Show, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville Georgia
Spring 2004 Exhibition, Portrait Society of Atlanta
Fall 2004 Exhibition, Portrait Society of Atlanta
2003 Open Studio, Dahlonega Arts Association
2003 Tallulah Falls Art Show, Dahlonega Arts Association