Studio Julia Kay

Studio Julia Kay

Recent Work

Artwork
- Daily Art Blog Daily art postings starting 3/16/2010
- Daily Portrait Project Blog Daily self-portraits 3/15/07 - 3/15/10, sporadic back to the 1970s.
- ArchivesBest overview of dog portraits, plant abstracts, and other work 1980-2005
- Flickr ImageStream All new artwork, and periodic uploads of past work as well.
- Flickr PhotoStream All new photography, and periodic uploads of past photos as well.
- Julia Kay's Portrait PartyA communal project in which more than 300 artists from all over the world have so far made more than 5000 portraits of each other.

Essays
- Sept 12, 2010Why Paint the Unpaintable?An illustrated essay on what I learned while making bad paintings of the mountains on a recent camping trip.
- July 11, 2010Questions About Showing Art, Some in Paint and Some in PixelsAn illustrated essay on the conundrum of exhibiting digital and traditional art together.
- June 17, 2010Julia Kay- Art and MeaningA Few Thoughts on Why I Make Art.
- June 8, 2010The Art of Caregiving: Caregiving in my ArtAn illustrated essay on making art during, and about, caregiving.
- May 9, 2010Portraits Swim Across the Internet Like Love Notes in a BottleAn illustrated essay about throwing an online portrait party for more than 200 artists around the world.
- March 17, 2010It Ended as It Began... Or Did It? An illustrated essay celebrating the completion of my 3 year Daily Portrait Project.
- February 16, 2010Drawing The Line Between Public & Private An illustrated essay about maintaining privacy while posting publically about my daily life.
- January 20, 2010How Drawing on My iPod Touch Led Me to a Wedding at the San Jose Museum of Art An illustrated essay about drawing on my iPod Touch.
- September 3, 2009Labor Days and September Beginnings An illustrated essay about Autumn
- December 4, 2008Drawing My Face Every Day, My Whole Self Emerged An illustrated essay about my three-year project to make a self-portrait every day.