Julia Christian Artist Statement The drawings and paintings I create come from digging deep in the heart of someone who was lucky enough to recognize a gift she was born with. When you truly know all you want to do is paint and draw then you find artistic inspiration to create everywhere you are all the time. You begin a painting and the painting itself takes you there; through every academic and creative process needed from start to finish. You’ve either got it or you don’t; it’s all in the seeing, the energy, the passion, and the honesty of your painting.