Please enjoy my recent oil painting, A Portrait of Caty.
Her joy and love were unbelievably strong throughout the painting process. I felt her with me in the studio in a way I've never experienced before. It happened I was going through a very difficult life situation at the time… her love, her beauty and joy got me through. You healed me while I painted you. Caty, this my humble tribute to your infinite beauty, your incredible soul, your purest love.
Dear Molly, it was truly an honor to paint your beautiful daughter for you and your family.
In grace, love and light 💕
Live Beautifully
&
Be well
Jayashrii (Juliane)💫
(Jayashrii is my Sanskrit Yogic name given by my teacher in India)
My latest oil painting is finished! I cannot begin to express what a joy it was capturing this darling babe in oils. He is absolutely radiant with happiness and love 🙂
The painting is currently drying on the easel which takes about 2 weeks. My studio is awash in this beautiful love.
Dear Tonya, thank you for the opportunity to create this beautiful heirloom for you and your family. It was truly an honor.
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In love and light💕
Live Beautifully
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Be well
Love,
Jayashrii (Juliane)Â
(Jayashrii is my Sanskrit name given by my teacher during Diksha in India)
These two darling Irish siblings completely captured my heart. Glowing with such absolute beauty, joy and love… I've truly fallen in love with them. (Please forgive the glare as the paint is still wet!)
I approached this oil painting, "Irish Twins" (18 x 14 oil on panel), in an entirely new manner. All the plein air painting I've done has made me an even faster more energetic and spontaneous painter. The reason being in just one hour outside painting, the entire scene will have changed entirely due to the swiftly moving light. Therefore, one must respond to the scene quickly or it won't get captured. The beauty is this speed leaves no time to engage with distracting conversations in the head… only time to let life flow through and work its magic on the canvas.
So, this is how I'm painting everything now and it's so much fun! I watch the painting come to life, as I let life do all the work. It's almost an out of body experience as I continually drop the conversation, all the planning, all the stuff that makes for an "effortful" experience… and just let it flow. From this approach I do not know what the piece is going to look like at the end… and that's hugely entertaining for me as well - watching the piece unfold, come into focus, as if I'm a bystander. What starts as big shapes of color begins to refine into actual beings in front of me, full of love, joy, laughter and personality.
Life is so much better of a painter than I ever could hope to be.
Please enjoy and feel free share your thoughts 🙂
Love,
Juliane
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This little guy! Does he look familiar? You may recognize him from my last oil painting. Here, it's like an instant in time – – he's caught looking back at us from his surroundings. In the first painting, he was headed somewhere with a purpose… and now, interrupted in what he was doing, he will return to it after we tell him why we stopped him. Exuding oodles of sweet innocence and adorable factor, completely untouched by the hustle and bustle of the concrete jungle of NYC… He's blissfully content amidst the infinite possibilities of a child's imagination during playtime. Please enjoy and feel free share your thoughts 🙂
Love,
Juliane
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“Raphealesque Putto” 11″ x 14″ oil on board, by Juliane Porter
 Please enjoy my most recent oil of this unbelievably darling little Raphealesque Putto.  Putto (singular for putti) is Italian for a work of art depicting a nude, sometimes winged, child angelic being, usually male, represented  in Renaissance paintings by such greats as the painter Raphael and sculptor Donatello.  In the Baroque period of art, the putto came to represent the omnipresence of God.  Putti, in the ancient classical world of art, were winged infants believed to influence human lives.  I absolutely adored painting this incredibly special little guy.
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Juliane
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Presenting, "Evening Beach Bliss", my recent painting of three darlings dancing on the beach in the evening light. It was an absolute joy painting them in oils. Do feel free to share your thoughts.
Please enjoy 🙂
Love,
Juliane
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"School Days", 20 x 24 Oil on Canvas by Juliane Porter
I'm beyond thrilled to present my most recent commissioned oil painting, "School Days", of this beautiful brother and sister heading off to school in their backpacks and crisp white shirts! Painting Katelyn and Riley was absolutely magical. It was such a blessing to have the opportunity to paint this darling duo.
Please enjoy 🙂
Love,
Juliane
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"A Beautiful Bride" Oil on Canvas by Juliane Porter
Acouple of weeks back I shared Day 2 of this incredibly special oil portrait. Here it is fully complete…
My stunning mother on her wedding day!
I had only a 1960's black and white photo for reference, so I retained the period black and white feel. Regardless, I was struck by her dewy skin, slender figure and most of all the pure joy and love radiating from her being. Her dress was absolutely stunning, worn previously by a model on the runway, which she was able to purchase at a discount as a result. I remember sneaking into the special closet in the attic with my sister when we were little to marvel over this gorgeous wedding gown where it hung safely stowed away alongside many other beautiful pieces from my mother's young adult life… from the pale yellow polka-dotted gown with matching wide yellow sash to her suede wrap mini-skirt and fur ski-vest. She was certainly a fashion plate in her day.
To paint my mother as a twenty-three year old bride enabled me to see life through those eyes, through her eyes as a young woman. Beautiful. Talented. In love. Happy. I saw my sister in her face, in those eyes, in her smile – the way their upper lips shift across their beautiful teeth. I felt my Dad's love for her, his pride in marrying this exquisite creature, and their excitement for the adventure of the unknown. It was like traveling in time and space, inhabiting the hearts and minds of all my family! There truly isn't another experience quite like painting a portrait. And this was one incredibly special piece I'll treasure forever.
I love you, Mommy.
Love All,
Juliane
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Beach Babes, 30″ x 40″ Commissioned Portrait by Juliane Porter. Oil on Archival Gallery-Wrapped Canvas
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My latest commissioned oil painting was a magical experience… a silhouette of two beautiful sisters walking across the wet sand into the early morning sun of Daufuskie Island, SC.
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"Albies at the Rip." Oil Painted Portrait of a Fly Fishing Catch on 24"x36" Canvas by Juliane Porter. Click for better, larger view.
Fly fishing is my husband’s practice; art is mine. For each of us, it’s a losing of the self within life’s rhythm. And though life is not a work of art and the moments cannot last forever, the fly fisherman’s line dances, catching fleeting glimpses into the elusive mystery of the sea just as the artist’s brush captures moments eternally in paint. And we realize the ebb and flow of all that is around us. One. Infinite. Beauty.
I took the opportunity to sit down with my husband, a dedicated fly fisherman, after capturing, eternally in oil paint, the moment in this painting. Please enjoy his insider's view into the Art of Fly Fishing as well as a few recommendations for three fantastic locations we’ve visited…
~What is the practice of fly fishing to you?Everything. It’s serene. And it can also be very exciting and cathartic.
~Interesting. May I ask in what way it is cathartic? It’s calming. You just relax. Your problems don’t seem very big, if you do have problems. It’s relaxing, reenergizing. Meditative.
~What brought you to fly fishing in the first place?I wanted to expand my love for the water and the outdoors and my passion for game-fishing which I’ve been doing since I was a young boy.
~What brought you to fishing as a young boy?Putting a line out there into this dark space where you couldn’t see, and the chance that something was going to tug on it from another world.
~Many people are familiar with fly fishing in fresh water streams. However, you love fly fishing not only in streams, but also surf fishing along ocean beaches, from your sea kayak and even in salt water estuaries. How do all these options impact your experience of the sport? These infinite options make it a bigger challenge; always having to stay in tune with infinite variables such as wind, tides, migratory patterns, weather conditions… It means you need to be in tune with what’s going on in nature.
~What are some impressive places you’ve fly fished recently along the East Coast?Fishing the Narragansett Bay while staying at The Inn of Castle Hill. Fly fishing around Nantucket while staying at The Wauwinet. Fly Fishing Montauk while staying at The 1770 House in East Hampton.
What do you do to decompress or get back to "center?"
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