Welsh-born artist Julie Lock utilizes her unique techniques to invoke the moods of Hawaiʻi natural splendor. Born on the island of Anglesey in Wales in 1958, Julie was fascinated with the Hawaiian Islands since childhood. She moved with her family to California as a child where she lived until settling full time in Wailua on Oʻahu in 2011.In the late 90’s Julie began working with top architects around the country to finish interiors with the same plasters, limestone, and pigments she uses in her artwork today. With over 25 years of experience in the medium, she is still able to experiment and find new ways to express her vision. Her frequent use of interference and metallic paints allows her to illustrate the organic shift in the natural world and create art pieces that transform throughout the day’s changing light. Her abstract approach allows the viewer to feel an evolving atmosphere and escape into the Hawaiian wilderness.Julie has always maintained a career in the arts, from hair dressing to interior design, to florals. A consistent theme throughout all her mediums has been utilizing colors to depict her unique perspective on nature. "From my earliest memories, the beauty and awe of nature has been the most important influence in my life. I lived on a tiny island surrounded by the woods, right on the sea, and literally played in ancient castles filled with flowers.I've used my eye for beauty throughout my life. If we really take the time to look at our surroundings, we'll see everything has an element of design. I base all of my art on nature, and living here in Hawai'i it's a living, breathing canvas with endless inspiration.I love texture, it tells a story and it's why all of my work has some type of texture to it.I use different types of plaster to achieve these interesting affects. I've been working with plaster and limestone for 25 years and have developed some fascinating end results.Because nature is never still, it's never one dimensional in both movement feel and color. I try to achieve movement in color by using pigments that have interference affects that shift as the light changes."