ELORA – Julianna Cox will be featured in an upcoming solo exhibit of small works on paper at the James Cox Gallery in Woodstock, New York.
The exhibit, titled Fleeting Moments, is open from Aug. 15 to Sept. 20.
The gallery is owned by Cox’s parents, James Cox and Mary Anna Goetz.
Cox grew up in Woodstock and studied animation at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. And while she has had a successful career in the field, she has never lost interest her training in fine art.
It was at Laika Studios, while working on the film set of Henry Selick’s dark stop-motion film Coraline, that Cox met her husband Payton Curtis, also a prominent animator who was raised on a farm in Belwood.
The couple married in 2009 and moved to Elora in 2017, where they took over the historic Gorge Cinema, now celebrating its 50th season.
In addition, Cox continued to pursue her career as a fine artist and became active in Elora’s lively art scene.
She participated in the inaugural year of Elora en Plein Air. Her landscape painting was also recognized in a plein air event at the prestigious McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
Cox has expanded her scope to include exhibiting in the Toronto Comic Arts Festival and teaching Story Development at Sheridan College. Her subjects range from pastoral Canadian scenes to cityscapes of New York.
Many of her landscapes feature the farmland near Elora, particularly cornfields, depicted in all seasons.
Several of the 47 pieces included the Fleeting Moments were painted while Cox traveled by train from Canada to visit friends and family in Woodstock, NY.
To capture the fleeting landscape, she begins with a loose line drawing, then adds colour, making compositional notations in the margins. Once the paint dries and the train stops, crisp details are added.
To view the exhibit on line visit the gallery’s website jamescoxgallery.com.
For more information email the gallery at info@jamescoxgallery.com or call 845-679-7608.
