Julie Sample

Beachscapes

Breaking III
Breaking Triptych
Crashing
Morro Reflections I
Morro Reflections II
Morro Swell
Impact
Late for School
Breaking I
Breaking II

Botanicals

Okika III
Wild Orchids
3-Standing
Iris
Heart
Iris II
Heart II
Iris III
Torch
Lisa’s Iris

Shells

Nautilus Skeleton
Tiger Nautilus
Blue Star
Sand Dollar V
Sugar Star
Sand Dollar VII
Urchins
Conch
Sea Urchin
Sand Dollar IV

Still Life

Bosc Pear
Perfect Pair
Three Boscs
Seckel Pears
Three Seckels

Vineyards

Pinot Vines
Harvest II
Harvest
Chardonnay Cluster
Rincon Sunrise
Wine Bottles
Pinot Cluster
Young Pinots
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Julie creates contemporary compositions with a vintage flair. Nature has been her star subject, revealing its unique quality of form, texture and space. She chooses to create a lot of her work using the Vintage, 19th century, Platinum Printing Process. Julie believes the beauty of this process illuminates her subjects like no other. The abundance of tones and fine detail from the brightest white to the deepest black created by using Platinum metal as an emulsion, makes these prints appear three dimensional.

Julie hand paints the liquid metal on to beautiful archival watercolor or Japanese papers and contact prints the negative. Each print is the size of the negative, which also adds the challenge of photographing her subjects with large format film cameras. What makes a Platinum print so rare besides the unique beauty and depth, is the time, energy and expense in creating one, a true labor of love. Julie feels that if you don’t have a strong passion for it, you would never do it.