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Julie

Just because you fall doesn't mean you have to stay on the ground.

About Me




Me
Woman. Artist. Mother. Wife. Lover. Survivor. Achiever. Teacher. Student. Faulty, striving, everpondering human being... living.
My art
Paintings mostly. Oil. Figures. Look at the pictures. Message me for pricing.
My survival
Teaching art. Selling my art. Commissions that run the gamut from oils to nursery walls.
My heart
belongs to me. Is a satellite to the ones who truly love me most. Suffers when it sees innocence abused. Leads me.
My thoughts
Introspective. observant. worth sharing, but not unless you want them.



My refrigerator magnet
"this is what you shall do: love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and the crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning god, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons, and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air of every season of every year of your life, re-examine all that you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem..."
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My Interests


My new website! www.jcaltonwatters.com
2-D figurative art: painting, drawing, mixed-media.
Figuring out how to raise a child to have a good heart.
breathing. laughing. smiling.relaxing.

Belly dancing . Mechanical Bull Riding. Marathoning.
Getting creative in the kitchen.
Volunteerism. Making a positive impact. Rape victims' advocacy, legislation and awareness.
RAISE THE VOICE: A Benefit to Break the Silence of Sexual Assault. www.myspace.com/raisethevoice2007


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I'd like to meet:



A kinder, gentler, more rested, less stressed me.
The maker.
Monet
A person who has never lied
My grandmother's mother, Minnie, who was burned badly in a fire, and whose hair was red, but after the fire, grew back jet black.

Nonjudgmental folks. Positive folks.

A rich philanthropic person who admires my art and personal goals and feels an irrestable desire to put faith in me and finance my artistic and civic endeavors (ahem. hint. hint.)

Music:

born from it. married to it. live by it.

Movies:

To watch list: Hamlet 2, Dark knight

Television:

Tudors, Lost, Dexter, Weeds, Project Runway

Books:

Jitterbug Perfume (I heart Tom Robbins)

Heroes:

People with smiles - real smiles- on their faces

My Blog

Ultra Hip Revue Update

This a message for all the movers and shakers who like to get a shimmy on! *The final class of the most recent Level 1 Session has come to an end.  Congratulations to all the wonderful ladies who...
Posted by Julie on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:15:00 PST

Just a reminder: Kapali Giridhar Swamy, 27, was killed November 18, 2007

That's just shy of a year ago. What up with that?
Posted by Julie on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:16:00 PST

What I let go...

Blogorrhea alert. Someone recently told me that a sacrifice is when you give something up for something greater.  I've given up a LOT in my life.  Mostly for causes that I did think were gr...
Posted by Julie on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:37:00 PST

June reflection and the words of Dr. Seuss

With the closing of June, there seems to be, at least with me, a sense of uncertainty, of change, and of uncontrollable certainty, that affects me and those I  love.  Today, on the 26th, a ...
Posted by Julie on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:17:00 PST

ART anyone???

Hello all. School is out and it is time for me to solidify class schedules for the summer. If you are interested in classes, please let me know! Times are negotiable. I am currenlty asking that a spac...
Posted by Julie on Tue, 27 May 2008 09:14:00 PST

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month!!

Thought you should know. Research:www.myspace.com/raisethevoice2007www.crisiscenterbh am.comwww.rainn.comwww.malesurvivor.orghttp://www.acar.org/w ww.ncvc.org/tvp Recover:*If you are a survivor, know th...
Posted by Julie on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:55:00 PST

Have a Heart. Give ART this Valentines day!

VALENTINE'S SPECIAL OFFERS.  These prices are good through Valentine's day only!!***** "Love em or Leave em' Art Party" Host the ultimate anti-Valentine's with a singledom-glorifying arts and cr...
Posted by Julie on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:02:00 PST

Kapali update/ Plea for assistance

January 27th, 2008 To Whom It May Concern: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote these words in his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" in 1963. Forty-five ...
Posted by Julie on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:44:00 PST

Your favorite gapalicious bartender is back!

For one night!I'll be bartending at Bare Hands Gallery this Friday night for the opening reception of two fabulous artists, Michael Swann and Rashid Qandil.Bring your pennies for the tip jar and your ...
Posted by Julie on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:15:00 PST

RTV (and me) in Scribblers : )

Birmingham area artists to donate work for event to benefit Crisis CenterTuesday, January 08, 2008http://www.al.com/living/birminghamnews/sstrickland.ssf? /base/living/119978374616990.xml&coll=2 `R...
Posted by Julie on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:23:00 PST