About:
Born in Guernsey, Channel Islands in 1964, she studied painting at Portsmouth Polytechnic (B.A 1984-87), the Royal Academy of Arts in London (M.A. 1990-1993) and then she was awarded a DAAD scholarship to study with Gunter Uecker at the Art Academy Dusseldorf (1994-96). At the time she was interested in the spiritual in abstract art, authenticity and female language in painting.
In Germany, her art practice broadened to include installation, performance and film which resulted in several group and solo shows.
Seeing the making of art as a performance and wanting to invite other people to paint with her, in 1999 she made her first “Recreation” project: a collaborative painting project based on an Old Master workshop where the audience of the museum is invited to paint their own masterpiece.
In 2002, commissioned by the National Gallery in London she produced “Piero di Cosimo”, a Recreation project with 100 people. This she considers her “public” extroverted practice.
Subsequent commissions have included: The United Nations Lebanon, The Museum of London, 24 hours in Neukoln, Berlin, The Canakkale Bienalle, Turkey, Glastonbury Festival and the Museo de Belles Artes, Valencia.
Parallel to producing these “Recreations” she has continued to produce abstract paintings in a more “Private” introverted practice exhibiting under the pseudonym of Marie Julou.
Currently Marie is fascinated by the art of “Outsider Artists” such as Laure Pigeon and Georgina Houghton (controversially labelled as such by Jean Dubuffet), i.e., artists who have created work in contexts outside the art institution. Other terms are “Visionary” or “Spirit” artists.
Growing up in materialistic Guernsey, she always felt like an outsider and actively pursues this state of outsider by living in different countries such as Turkey, France, Germany and now Spain.
Recent concerns in her work include the idea of “Horror Vacui”, the fear of empty space. Using pencil on oil paint she draws onto the surface making repetitive marks that resemble doodles, scratching the surface like sgraffito in Italian art. Other works allude to scarification while in some, drips are visible, highlighting gravity’s effect on the paint. The material and meditative process of painting is crucial. Each painting has its own archaeology, a history of colours and marks buried under the final layer.
She currently lives and works in Valencia, Spain.

House of Omfale, Pompeii Series, acrylic, pigment, burnt walnut shell, glitter on canvas, 60cm x 50cm x 2 cm, 2022

Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii Series, acrylic, pigment, glitter,burnt walnut shell on canvas, 2022, 60 x 50x 2cm, 880€

Beginning to see the ligh 2022,oil on canvas 50 x61 cm, 890€

"Artemisia”, Marie Julou, Watercolour on moulding paste on canvas, 50 x 61 cm, 890€

“Perfect Day, Coloured Suns”, 2022, Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm, 890€

Dots Vortex, 2021, oil and pencil on canvas, 46x55 cm, 810€

Pencil Souls, 2021, 46 x 55 cm, oil and pencil on canvas, 810€

Alien Plant Doodles, 30 x 40 cm, 202, oil and pencil on canvas, 560€

Scarification 1, 2021, 46 x 55cm, oil on canvas, 810€

Soulmates, 50 x 61 cm, acrylic on canvas, 890€

Trains of Thought, 2021, oil and pencil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm, 880€

A Thought, 2021, oil and pencil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm, 880€

Lacy doodle Plasticene Crown, 2021 Marie Julou, 46 x 55cm, oil, plasticene on canvas, 810€

White Dots, 24 x 33cm, 2021, oil and pencil on canvas, 460€

Manic Doodle, 30x 40 cm, 2021, oil and pencil on canvas, 560€

Sgraffiti Doodle 1, 30x 40 cm, 2021, oil and pencil on canvas, 560€

Web Doodle Left, 30x 40 cm, 2021, oil and pencil on canvas, 560€

Web Doodle Right, 30x 40 cm, 2021, oil and pencil on canvas, 560€

Threads 1, 114 x195 cm, 2021, oil and pencil on canvas, 2470€

Threads II, 114 x195 cm, 2021, oil and pencil on canvas, 2470€
‘Gold & Glitter’

Glittering path, 2021, 30 x 41 cm, oil, glitter and pencil on canvas, 570€

Glittering Sun, 2021, 46 x 55 cm, Oil and glitter on canvas, 810€

Gold Droplets, 46 x 55cm, oil and imitation gold leaf paint on canvas, 810€

I thought I could save the world, 2021, 24 x 33 cm, oil and imitation gold leaf on canvas, 460€

Saving Grace I Apocalytic Doodle, 46 x 55cm, oil, pencil, gold paint, felt tip on canvas, 810€-70-70-800

Saving Grace III Angel, 46 x 55cm, oil, pencil, gold paint, felt tip on canvas, 810€

Saving Grace III Transmission, 46 x 55cm, oil, pencil, gold paint, felt tip on canvas, 810€

Starry Chaos, 2021, 46 x 55 cm, glitter on oil on canvas, 810€

Ecstatic Moments, 50 x 61 cm, acrylic, glitter, glue on canvas, 890€
Series ‘Horror Vacui’

Horror Vacui 1, Doodle Eyes, 2021, 50 x 61 cm, Oil & moulding paste on canvas, 890€

Horror Vacui 1, Ivy Doodle, 2021, 50 x 61 cm, Oil & moulding paste on canvas, 890€

Horror Vacui 1, Thread Doodle, 2021, 50 x 61 cm, oil, pigment, pencil on canvas, 890€

Horror Vacui 1, Watery Triangles, 2021, 50 x 61 cm, acrylic on canvas, 890€

Horror Vacui 2, Black Doodle, 2021, 50 x 61 cm, Oil on canvas, 890€

Horror Vacui 2, Lacy Doodle, 2021, 50 x 61 cm, Oil and pigment on canvas, 890€

Horror Vacui 2, Pencil Doodle, 2021, 50 x 61 cm, oil & pigment on canvas, 890€

Horror Vacui 2, Watery Doodle, 2021, 50 x 61 cm, acrylic on canvas, 890€
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Fragments, Oil on Canvas, 60x50 cm, sold