My background is one of scientific illustration and fine art painting. However, If successful, I would use the money to explore new and better materials and methodology to develop my new Sciart work to a high quality finish and presentation. The artworks would be communicating the importance of clean water by featuring the patterns in dried water drops as seen through the microscope. The artworks I have created so far are prototypes, which were successfully exhibited at the Nature in Art Museum, Gloucester in 2022 as part of my PH.D. The illuminated painted sculptures as prototypes are made of recycled CD cases which greatly restricts the scale of work. I would relish the opportunity to create larger pieces and extend into engraving as well as painting. This award would give me possibility of reaching a new audience with a unique way of visualising water.
To communicate science through art in a distinctive and dramatic way, will not only pique curiosity for the artworks but also raise awareness of a new science (also researched by the artist) I would hope a selected venue could be open for Darlington local schools, whom I would encourage to send me selected water samples, which would be worked in the lab and displayed as photomicrographs in the exhibition. This should hopefully inspire and excite both the students and their parents, thus raising the profile of the creative arts in the area,
I have had a career as a scientific illustrator and fine artist (traditional painting). and have exhibited at museums including the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, NY, USA, San Diego Natural History Museum, USA, The Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, TX, USA, and the Harim Blauvelt Museum, NJ, USA, at the The Salmagundi Club, NY, USA. and is in the collections of the Nature in Art Museum, Chatham Royal Engineers Museum. Over 25 works have been commissioned by the Diwan, Royal Court of Oman and is also in the collection of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and the London Ambassador of Oman. .My work is focused around the Natural world. With Covid I decided to change my approach and did my Ph.D in Sciart, doing both the science and artwork (as prototypes) My Ph.D will be handed in, in September 2025.
BA(Hon) Scientific. Illustration. Middlesex University
MA Sciart. Bath Spa University
PH.D to be handed in September 2025
Patricia Allen Bott award for artistic excellence at the Society of Animal Artists USA
Explorers Club of Great Britian and Ireland -medal for the LIFELINE Project
I am founder of the LIFELINE Project, incorporating scieart, media, free school packs and expeditions. Creating awareness of ecological issues.
Founder of Oman Wild Art – the first internationally juried exhibition with a natural history theme in the Middle East
Over 25 paintings purchased by the Diwan of Oman, for the Palaces, and public spaces.
A Voyage Around the World in Paintings, The Art of Julie Askew, New Holland Publishers, London. 2008 (Sold out)
Legacy of Love Book. Celebrities and artists joining together for conservation. (6 page spread)
Magazines: The Artist, USA (8 page feature). Beyond magazine Lebanon (Double spread). The Leisure Painter UK (Numerous). Paws Trails Explorers, UAE (6 page feature). Artists on Art, USA (Fourpage feature). Realism Today, Canada (Double page spread). Wildscape, UK (Numerous).
Presently looking for representation in the UK after moving from representation in the USA
Artist in Residence at the Nature in Art Museum on a regular basis for twenty years
Email: julieaskew6@gmail.com
Address: Dodwell Park, Stratford on avon, warwickshire, CV379SR, GB
Local Authority: Stratford Upon Avon District Council
