Artwork Completed by Julia Hamilton in 2017
Born to be Wild
Medium: Mixed Media: Alcohol Ink, Fire, and Felt Pen; Size: 16 x 20 Inches
Muse: Inspired by the song Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf.
My Weakness
Medium: Mixed Media: Alcohol Ink, Fire, Oil Pastels, 3D Pen, Airbrush, & Felt Pen; Size: 16 x 16 Inches (approximately)
Muse: This is my interpretation of the colors and shapes I see when I listen to My Weakness by Moby.
Clair de Lune
Medium: Mixed Media: Watercolor, Alcohol Ink, Airbrush, and Felt Pen; Size: 40 x 30 Inches
Muse: Inspired by the song Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy, which has a peaceful, flowing quality.
My Colors
New Media Art (Developed by Julia Hamilton using Processing P5JS (JavaScript for visual artists)
Muse: I have always enjoyed seeing letters and numbers in color. I finally have a way to show people my colors! Click here to play with this interactive piece. If you are curious about synesthesia (the reason for my colors), click here to watch a 4-minute video of David Eagleman talking about synesthesia.
Hall of the Mountain King
Medium: Mixed Media: Alcohol Ink, Fire, Pastels, & Pen; Size: 30 x 30 Inches
Muse: This is my interpretation In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt) by Edvard Grieg. This piece starts out quiet and builds to a frenzy.
Event Horizon
Digital: Hand-drawn on tablet
Limited Edition (Max 95), Prints
Size: 24 x 24 Inches.
Muse: Crossing the point of no return.
The Sound of Silence
Alcohol Ink, Fire, Pencil, and Oil Pastels
36 x 36 Inches
Muse: Inspired by The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel.
Genius of Love
Watercolor Paint, Felt Pen, and Oil Pastels
30 x 30 Inches
Muse: Inspired by Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club.
Sweetest Taboo
Alcohol Ink, Fire, Felt Pen, and Airbrush
30 x 30 Inches
Muse: Inspired by Sweetest Taboo y Sade.
Toccata
Alcohol Ink, Fire, Felt Pen, and Airbrush; 30 x 40 Inches
Muse: Inspired by Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
Fugue
Alcohol Ink, Fire, Felt Pen, and Airbrush; 30 x 40 Inches
Muse: Inspired by Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
Disintegration
Alcohol Ink, Fire, Pencil, and Air Brush
24 x 24 Inches
Muse: Sometimes it feels like the world as we know it is falling apart.
Do the Math
Muse: It is often necessary to "do the math" on news stories in order to make sense out of current events. Math can be trusted. This piece contains Fibonacci numbers from 1 to 610. Happy counting!
Digital: Hand-drawn on tablet
Limited Edition (Max 95), Giclée Prints
Size: 28 x 28 Inches.
Pale Blue Dot
Alcohol Ink, Fire, Felt Pen, Oil Pastels, Air Brush, and Byzantine Glass (certified from between the 1st – 6th centuries AD—shortly after glass was invented)
30 x 30 Inches
Muse: "That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever lived, lived out their lives. The aggregate of all our joys and sufferings, thousands of confident religions, ideologies and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilizations, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every hopeful child, every mother and father, every inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there – on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam." - Carl Sagan
Radar Love
Digital: Hand-drawn on tablet
Limited Edition (Max 95), Printed on Aluminum
Size: 12 x 12 Inches
Muse: "And the radio plays a forgotten song" - Golden Earring
Gravity Rides Everything
Alcohol Ink, fire, Felt Pen, Air Brush, and Oil Pastels; 30 x 30 Inches
Muse: I've always like the song Gravity Rides Everything by Modest Mouse because of the brightly colored bubbles I see when I listen to it.
The Path Beckons
Alcohol Ink, Fire, Felt Pen, and Oil Pastels
20 x 20 Inches
Muse: Do not hesitate when a deeper path beckons.
Too Much Light
Digital: Hand-drawn on tablet
Limited Edition (Max 95), Giclée Prints
Size: 24 x 24 Inches.
Muse: Sometimes a quiet place with soft light is just the thing.
Rapture
Medium: Mixed Media: Alcohol Ink, Pencil, & Felt Pen; Size: 30 x 30 Inches
Muse: This is my interpretation of the colors and shapes I see when I listen to the song "Rapture" by Blondie.
Fissure
Medium: Mixed Media: Alcohol Ink, Fire, Oil Pastels, Pencil, and Felt Pen; Size: 30 x 30 Inches
Muse: A fissure in the cosmos allows us to peek into another universe.
Canon in D
Medium: Mixed Media: Alcohol Ink, Fire, Oil Pastels, 3D Pen, Airbrush, & Felt Pen; Size: 24 x 24 Inches
Muse: This is my interpretation of the colors and shapes I see when I listen to Canon in D by Pachelbel
McKinley Murmuration
Medium: Mixed Media: Alcohol Ink, Fire, Oil Pastels, & Pen; Size: 36 x 36 Inches
Muse: A murmuration of starlings graces a grungy part of town.
Honors:
• An enlarged mural of painting was installed at the corner of High and Starr in the Short North district of Columbus, Ohio. It was part of the 2017-2019 Short North Temporary Mural exhibit, sponsored by Sean Christopher Gallery. Click here for a map of the murals.
Madness
Medium: Mixed Media: Alcohol Ink, Fire, Oil Pastels, & Pen; Size: 36 x 36 Inches
Muse: This is my interpretation of the colors and shapes I see when I listen to the song "Madness" by Muse.
Honors:
• Accepted in the 2017 Ohio State Fair, Professional Division
Crimson and Clover
Watercolor Paint, Felt Pen, and Oil Pastels
24 x 24 Inches
Muse: Inspired by Crimson and Clover by Tommy James and the Shondells.