Julie Durkin Marty doesn’t just paint the world—she paints its hidden rhythms. Her abstract paintings are alive with the push and pull between human experience and the forces of nature: shifting tides, storm fronts, the slow transformation of the ocean floor. Each work feels like a portal—layered, luminous, and full of mystery—inviting you to linger, to keep looking, to discover something new each time. Collectors often describe Durkin Marty’s paintings as works that breathe with them. One day they feel like maps, the next like weather systems, the next like pure emotion caught mid-motion. They hold the tension of our time—climate anxiety, fragility, change—but they also pulse with hope. Her paintings remind us that even in chaos, beauty and resilience are always possible. Born in Pennsylvania in 1977, she studied at Parsons School of Design (BFA) and Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University (MFA). Her work has been shown in galleries across the U.S. and Berlin, including DADA POST, Holland Tunnel, G-Town Arts, 63 Audubon, GBG Gallery, Mulry Fine Art, and CoLAB Arts, and has been featured in The New York Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Palm Beach Daily News. For first-time buyers and seasoned collectors alike, Durkin Marty’s paintings are the kind of work you want to live with. They change with the light, reveal new layers over time, and bring both energy and calm into a space. They’re not just works to look at—they’re paintings to experience.