About
Studio82Gallery features works of Andrew Barr and Julie White in collaboration with media and styles. Both are active members of the South Australian Arts community and regularly have their works on display sharing exhibitions with public and private galleries, most notably the South Australian Living Artist event each year.
Andrew Barr
Painter
Andrew Barr isbiological scientist and a landscape painter who records the fast-disappearingimages found in nature in the remote regions of Australia. He combines graphic and impressionistic approaches to his paintings of the outback that he has visited since arriving in Australia.
Born in Canada, Andrew came to Australia in 1974 to begin his teaching career at various tertiary institutions around this starkly beautiful country. He has developed a versatility of styles which keeps his paintings fresh and lively. His textured foliage’s, bright colours and sharp shadows capture the harsh vibrant colours of the Australian landscape. His paintings have been purchased by corporate and private collectors since 1973.
Julie White
Artist. Jewellery Maker
Julie has an evolving interest in craft and art, beginning over forty years ago.
She always made time for knitting, weaving, printing on silk and paper, painting in watercolors, acrylics, and oils between raising three children and being employed in her profession, most recently as a Health Educator and Community Clinical Consultant with Disability Services.
Her painting style developed from the many art pieces she absorbed in her observations visiting galleries, museums and exhibitions in Australia, England, Europe, Scandinavia, Canada, and America.
Julie has participated and studied in art classes regularly over the years, including a year at Flinders University, and with other art schools and teachers. She has had shared exhibitions with her husband, and with her 4 sisters during the South Australian Living Art events held annually until 2021. Julie also enjoys drawing in pen and ink, and pastels.
Over the past decade, Julie’s artistic explorations expanded due to participating in several courses to create glass art beads. She combines her beads with precious metal clay pieces, semi-precious and natural minerals in the creation of her necklaces and earrings. In using these ranges of materials, her jewellery has appealed through complementing the diversity in many pieces by adding another dimension.
Always attracted by colour, form and emotions expressed in the many impressive art works she viewed during her extensive travels, she is inspired to add her own creative story through her jewellery and paintings.