With titles like “Meta Arrival,” “A Levitating Sound,” and “Humming Songs of Starlight in the Sun,” Julie Himel's paintings are as much about human experience as they are about the landscapes she depicts. She describes her works as worlds lived and imagined—something apprehended and unknowable, spiritual, and emotional. Himel's study of space is rooted in the understanding of landscape as both an encounter and an image, replete with energetic slashes of paint and blazing passages of natural and exaggerated color. She describes her practice as a catalyst for renewal, growth and reclamation.
Himel lives and works in Toronto, Canada. She received a BFA from York University and a Graduate Diploma from the Toronto School of Art. Her work has been exhibited at Stremmel Gallery, Oeno Gallery, Foster/White Gallery, Visionary Art Collective, to name just a few. She was featured on the “I Like Your Work” podcast, and her work can be found in both private and public collections including The University of Calgary, Calgary's Civic Art Collection, Westfield State University, the Armenian Centre Art Collection Canada, and several corporate collections.