The Artist

– The story

A passionate artist from Canada.

I’ve been an artist in many lifetimes remembered just beyond the edge of consciousness.

“My work explores intensity of emotion. The paint strokes sometimes roll into each other, or clash like waves on the beach. Depending on the painting, they give their embodied energy and rhythm a lyrical abstraction, creating foundation and structure.

-Julia Trops

Julia Trops’ love of art and literature came from many lifetimes remembered just beyond the edge of consciousness. At a very young age, Julia read Edgar Cayce, Seth, and Abraham Hicks. Through these teachings, Julia’s understanding of and the respect for the awareness of the universal collective only grew as years went on.

World Travels

Julia traveled to Egypt, Israel and Jordan as part of a peacekeeping tour while she was in the military. The effects were profound.  After the military, Julia went back to university for her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree majoring in Studio achieving Great Distinction. Continuing her education after her degree, Julia’s thirst for knowledge led her to the many museums of England, France, Spain and Italy.

Influences

Julia has absorbed artworks from Victoria, Royal Ontario Museum and Royal British Columbia Museum to name a few. Places such as Stonehenge and Avebury were highlights in her travels. Julia has firsthand experience of the power of the volcanic stones absorbing negative energy when she visited Reykjavik, Iceland. Pele from Hawaii also made her presence and power known to Julia in mid 1990s. Julia has an affinity for creative expression across the world which encouraged and supported her free spirit.

Community Involvement

An established community supporter, Julia was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 for her volunteer work in the Okanagan. She loved the museum environment so much she was a Kelowna Museums Director for ten years. In 2005 Julia created a life drawing society, Livessence Society for Figurative Artists and Models. In 2015, the dual culture arts council Suk’wtemsqilx’w West Kelowna Arts Council, and established the art kiosk at the Kelowna Airport. Julia attended immersion at the Indigenous post secondary school the En’owkin Centre, a rare fortunate life changing opportunity for a non-Indigenous person. She learned how to speak nsyilxcn and engaged in formal Indigenous Studies. Her respect for Indigenous protocols and culture grew due to the nurturing of the swiwinumtax syilx people.

Julia has given presentations at Canada’s Creative Cities Summit, for CARFAC on the business of being an artist, and a multitude of Art Galleries and Chamber of Commerces in the BC Interior. Julia has eight books in the National Library and Archives of Canada, and has written a regular newspaper column on cultural matters.

Multi-dimensions

Understanding the multi-dimensional nature of existence, Julia went rock hunting in Arkansas, saw the 2017 Solar Eclipse in Oregon, and wanders across the Victoria beaches during Full and New Moons. Julia is protected by five cats and an RCMP husband.

Of her artwork, Julia says:

The paint strokes sometimes roll into each other, or clash like waves on the beach. Depending on the painting or drawing, these strokes give their embodied energy and rhythm a lyrical abstraction, creating foundation and structure. The person attracted to my work knows there is more to what we see than what we see, and that the subtleties of existence are available to all levels of awareness.“

Astrology

For astrology scholars, Julia is a Sagittarius Sun, Mercury in 12 and her Ascendant is on the Galactic Centre degree.  Julia’s moon is in Aquarius, Scorpio Venus and Neptune, Jupiter Pisces and Mars in Leo.

– Get in touch

Don’t hesitate to say hello 👋

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