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Julia Trops

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About Me

I am an artist in the Rotary Centre for the Arts in Kelowna BC.
More indepth info is on my main webpage (artist statement, resume etc).

I have a wonderful family, three children, five cats and a dog, and a fabulous husband.

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My Interests

Art, Art History, Theosophy, any religion, quantum physics

I'd like to meet:

Sean Connery, Johnny Depp, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Clarissa Pinkola-Estes, Joseph Campbell, Carlos Castaneda, Jack Flam, John Berger, Frajit Capra, Dalai Lama

Music:

anything except country.

Movies:

comedies, romantic comedies, tragic comedies, mystery, suspense (Hitchcock!), black and whites.

Television:

any csi, medium, ghost whisperer, mythbusters, survivor, daily planet.

Books:

Anything by Joseph Campbell, Carlos Castaneda, Jack Flam, John Berger.

Heroes:

The every day Joe who puts someone else's needs before himself.

My Blog

Selling art - selling art on line or in person -

Selling art - selling art on line or in person -I definitely prefer to sell my work online.I would rather read a book than pimp my paintings in person.I prefer the impartiality of the internet, as wel...
Posted by Julia Trops on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:00:00 PST

The latest newsletter - October 2006

The following is just a sample of what I send out for a newsletter. These are images only. If you would like to receive the full version, send me a message!!!!  You can pre-order Stoney's book at...
Posted by Julia Trops on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:07:00 PST

though poppies grow...............

Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918), Canadian Army In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky The larks, still bravely singin...
Posted by Julia Trops on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:13:00 PST

Brush and Ink, Ink and Brush, Brush the Ink, Ink the Brush

It's been a while since I used ink - specifically brush and ink. It feels a bit more like liquid charcoal, and has a nice drag to it...The brush I was using was a squirrel brush, nice and fat, with a ...
Posted by Julia Trops on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:47:00 PST

Have you ever been to Lake Minnewanka just outside of Banff?

The landscape is from a favourite haunt in my childhood - Lake Minnewanka, in the Banff area, just outside of Calgary. In the 70s, my parents and I would go boating there in the spring and summer...
Posted by Julia Trops on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:32:00 PST

Reflections on a window

Light filtered at duskReflections on a windowSnow drops softly down....
Posted by Julia Trops on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:56:00 PST

The night air is cooler now

Velvet dresses dropThe night air is cooler now Shivers in sunlight....
Posted by Julia Trops on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:02:00 PST

Reaching to touch the moon

Scribbling, scratching marksethereal by moonlightLuxurious silk....
Posted by Julia Trops on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:56:00 PST

Can you hear the rain?

fingerprints followrivers of charcoal downstreamcan you hear the rain?...
Posted by Julia Trops on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:55:00 PST

James .1

the wanderer, in nightsoftly, as the snow falls downnourishes the earth....
Posted by Julia Trops on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:30:00 PST