Julia Veenstra

Working primarily in acrylic for its speed and brightness, Veenstra builds her paintings through expressive strokes, bold layering, vibrant palettes and deliberate attention to both the positive and negative shapes of the composition. Veenstra's art is rooted in the idea of moments - the light on a field, the silhouette of a house, a memory of childhood that comforted - and then translated into colour, form and feeling. For Veenstra, these are not just landscapes but vessels of emotional resonance: “There is a moment in time that, when remembered, gives comfort or reassurance. A smell can transport one back in time, stirring up emotions of all kinds.”