Julie was born in Perth 1962.

Julie has been drawing and painting for as long as she can remember. She began painting in watercolours at the age of 30 and in 1999 changed to pastels due to their vibrancy, immediacy and the fact there was no drying time!

As a child she entered numerous art competitions through school and the local community. Julie Silvester has received over 70 awards since she began exhibiting her work in 1992.

“From the age of twenty I've had the travel bug, travelling to the Eastern States, Asia, and Europe and in 1998 had the greatest pleasure spending a year long camping trip with my family around the magnificent coastline of Australia”.

Julie goes to many locations that interest her and then intensively photographs them. The photographs are then her information source for details.  The overall experience of being at the actual place helps her to complete the work with her own interpretation.

“Water, in all its aspects, has fascinated me for years. I've enjoyed painting its reflection, its rapid movement and its overall incorporation with mankind and the coastal landscape”.

“My art is constantly evolving. The journey of self expression with paint or pastel is an exciting and fulfilling one for me. Through my artwork I try to capture moments in time and hope these works bring enjoyment spiritually and visually to the viewer as much as it did for me creating them.”

Solo Exhibitions
2006   "On the Beach" - open art studio - Mullaloo
2004   "Coastal Aspects" - Albrecht Fear Real estate  
"Where Land Meets Sea" - Evans and Tate winery - Margaret river
2003   "Classic Waters" - Evans and Tate Winery - Margaret River
2002   West Stirling Neighbourhood House - Doubleview
2001   West Stirling Neighbourhood House - Doubleview

Group Exhibitions
2006   "Dash of Red" - Tresillian Community Centre - Nedlands
"Summer Arts Exhibition" - Garden Art Studio - Yallingup
2005   "Just Coasting" - Tresillian Community Centre - Nedlands
"C - Big Blue Wobbly Thing That Mermaids Live In" - Fetish Gallery - Cottesloe
"Visions of Six" - Old Royal George Gallery - Fremantle
2004   "Birds of a Feather" - Tresillian Community Centre - Nedlands
2003   "Diversity of Five" - Houghtons winery - Swan Valley

Recent and Prominent Awards

2007   Wagin Woolorama - 1st Prize Pastel
2006   Gascoyne Regional Art Award - Best Seascape
   Gascoyne Regional Art Award - Best painting depicting Gascoyne Region
   City of Melville - People’s Choice
  Cossack Art Award - Highly Commended
   Perth Royal Show - Judges Commended
   Trinity College - People’s Choice
2005  Bayswater Art Award - People’s choice
 City of Wanneroo - People’s choice
City of Stirling - Councils choice and highly commended
Victoria Park Art Awards - People’s choice
 W.A. Pastel Society - People’s choice
2005  Cossack Art Award - Highly commended
Wanneroo Art Society - People’s choice
2004  Wagin Woolarama - Best overall exhibit
Gascoyne Regional Art Award - Best overall exhibit
 Bayswater Art award - People’s choice
 Cockburn Art award - 1st prize mixed media
 Wanneroo Art Society - People’s choice
 Rockingham Regional Art award - Best overall exhibit
 Williams Art Awards - 1st Prize pastel
2003   Wanneroo Art Society - People’s choice
   Rotary Club Pinjarra - 1st prize pastel
   Melville City Art Award - People’s choice
   Williams Art Awards - 1st Prize pastel