Journeys with Julia

Celebrating Beautiful Berkeley Through My Art

Celebrating Beautiful Berkeley Through My Art

University of California - Berkeley is one of my biggest stockists for my brand worldwide at their Cal Student Store so I was thrilled to be invited to create some live art on the day at their camp...

I Found My Heart in San Francisco

I Found My Heart in San Francisco

I arrived in San Francisco with a heavy heart. I had lost two out of my three, beloved hens in the two weeks prior to my American art road trip and just wanted to return home ...

Back to School 2024

Back to School 2024

As young people around the world embark on a new journey at high school, college or university, thousands of beautiful gifts and homewares, printed with my collegiate themed illustrations, make the...

I Am A Childless Cat Lady

I Am A Childless Cat Lady

I don't often get political with my blog but this week's resurfacing of misogynist comments by America's Republican vice-presidential candidate, JD Vance, were too personal to ignore ...

On My Way Home ...

On My Way Home ...

What goes up must come down ... After driving down to Greece and hiking the Peloponnese Mountains I drove all the way back ...

Time Out ... Hiking The Peloponnese Mountains

Time Out ... Hiking The Peloponnese Mountains

This month I took time out away from my drawing board to walk The Menalon Trail, a challenging hiking route in the Peloponnese Mountains of Greece ....

On The Road to Arcadia

On The Road to Arcadia

I’m sat writing this journal on the balcony of a mountain lodge, overlooking the layered, terracotta roof tiled houses of the village of Lagadika, high up in the Peloponnese Mountains ...

Lakes I Love and Draw ...

Lakes I Love and Draw ...

I am at peace by water, especially lakes. I spent a few days in a cabin my a lake last year and the wildlife and stillness restores my energies and feeds my soul ...

Mountains I Love and Draw

Mountains I Love and Draw

I love hiking mountains. It is such an achievement to make it to the summit and look down on the world below. I spent the first week of the year hiking the Atlas Mountains in Morocco ...