Julie Heffernan

Apr 23rd
2010

from Julie Heffernan’s Constructions of Self

Julie Heffernan creates sensuous figurative painting, like co-Yale MFAS, John Currin and Linda Yuskavage, but her luminous oils are patently unique among them and most working artists today. A Victorian impetus to conjoin, edging toward pastiche, creates artfully staged Surrealist environments. They avoid the mawkish or macabre by virtue of an evocative 17th century Baroque styling and the dignity with which she handles her primary subject, herself. Good construction is essential to the success of such works, built of disparate things suggesting disparate philosophies and ages. Yet the finished product is seamless, making it easy for the viewer to willfully suspend disbelief in the face of rampant artifice. (EIL Review)

Julie Heffernan at P.P.O.W Gallery

Julie Heffernan at Catherine Clark Gallery

Thanks to Modern Art Obsession for finding this artist!

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  • neclavural

    my god…ı love your paintings…thanks to share w us

  • Jessica

    A lot of these remind me to Marvell's, “To His Coy Mistress”
    “Let us roll all our strength, and all
    Our sweetness, up into one ball;
    And tear our pleasures with rough strife,
    Through the iron gates of life.”

  • JAM

    gotta agree with @romanbold. when i saw it, i immediately thought hieronymus bosch. pretty awesome.

  • Emily

    I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

  • http://twitter.com/edigital_art Edi Edson

    Julie Hefferna, seu trabalho está incluído em muitas colecções nacionais e internacionais :: http://bit.ly/d10aw7

  • Buga

    Reminds me of Remedios Varo, look her up, great artist. I love the colors and specially the first one!

  • http://philquotes.blogspot.com lethe

    Remedios Varo is featured on our site: http://www.escapeintolife.com/artist-watch/reme…

  • annieme

    Loved your work! I can take walks along the roads and paths and find something new at each turn.

  • shivani

    love it!!! so amazingly creative!

  • virtuous777akasheilajennings

    I can relate to your artistic flow and appreciate your eagerness to share it.how and how often does your creative juices lead you to become artistic this way? and when do you know definitely the time and how much time is equated to each assignment.

  • http://twitter.com/unuomoinblues Raffaele Panariello

    Bellissime foto

  • lizlizlizlost

    hi, those are beautiful worlds located in a square: isles of art, I really love them: utopias, colors, onirical images,…

    One comment: I think the initial sentence “Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history” was said by Aristotle instead of Plato. Plato explicitly condemned poets and made the poets leave his imaginary republic. And, on the contrary, Aristotle said that poetry was more philosophical than history.

    Regards!

  • kubi

    I love you mind Julie. keep creating :)

  • stefanescuhenrycosminflorentin

    Congratulations for the work they deposit. The paintings are wonderful.

  • Denise

    Incredible, beautiful, exotic! This art doesn’t resemble anything I’ve ever seen before, but then, I was born and raised on a farm in rural Ontario….

  • http://Garcya.us/ Garcya

    Really awesome!

  • melindamorrow

    She needs to publish a book of her work, and I must have it.

  • Mike Cody

    Gee what can you say? Just incredible attention to detail, fantastic color. I love the way she doesn’t cop out on the detail, especially in the background. It just goes on and on forever.

  • http://deborahdrake.com/Blog Deborah Drake – Catalyst

    Amazing…and WHAT an imagination!

  • mrplumberofrochdale

    That is without doubt one of the best things i have seen in my Life, Peothry in Motion, I love it, Keep up the good work and Thanks for sharing !

  • acaruso3

    truly amazing

  • acaruso3

    truly amazing!

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  • Ian

    This is fantastic!
    It is true cruelty not to offer a high resolution link for each of these photos. I need to see those details!

  • http://www.myspace.com/jerrypbolton Jerry Pat Bolton

    Wow! I'm looking around for surreal graphics concerning “The Harrowing of Hell.” Anyone know where I can find them?

  • http://www.open.salon/blog/poorwoman Poor Woman

    Visionary work! Breathtaking!

  • bookmox

    amazing…. great paintings….

  • freedomstudios

    Incredibly creative – very inspiring!

  • Anthony Pittarelli

    kind of reminds me of dali for some reason, good job!

  • martingage

    i know nothing about art….so on so on,but these are the language of fantasyand pleasing to my eye-eyes

  • http://twitter.com/jamieai Jamie Showrank

    visionary, imaginative art

  • georgesweeney

    Great art. Reminds my of both Escher, and Dali.

  • http://www.artsyshark.com/ ArtsyShark

    Luscious work! Reminds me of a combination of Bosch/Mark Ryden/Dali. Just fabulous detail! Would love to see more of this artist!

  • reza

    a world wide of thought hidden among the pictures
    it was great

  • reza

    you are right
    dear

  • tatyanadelacroic

    *-*

  • http://grievousbodilycharm.com GBCMagazine

    Great pictures. :)

  • Tasap

    itz seems to be a Painting has a hidden story to tell..TRuely, Amazing!!!!!

  • Alireza Sharafkhani

    …..They are very much close to what I have in my dreams…..but I can never re-imagine them.i
    I like them

  • St3ph

    Outstanding Work!!

  • David

    Really nice. I like this a lot.

  • Nancy

    I can't believe how beautiful this art is i am grateful for your contribution into stubble upon

  • http://www.afiberjourney.etsy.com Jan Thompson

    What amazing painting. I'm not sure why I'm draw to “busy” pieces that cause the viewer to stay and discover all the little pieces of the painting. I could sit and look at these pieces forever, drawn into Julie's world.

  • Art-Ioanna

    Splendid work, all your work is amazing!!!!!

  • http://Clairsworld.MosaicGlobe.com Clair

    Wow! These are amazing!

  • Chantal

    Amazing paintings, you could stare at them for hours and still not be done with it. So detailed.

  • Gracelyn

    Absolutly Stunning. Im blown away.

  • Olivia Maria

    stunning & inspirational ! ♥

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