Projects > GLAMOUR WOOD

Julie McNiel paintings
Pearl Duct
acrylic, glitter, enamel painting on wood.
4 x 6'
2003
Julie McNiel Art
Thaw
acrylic, enamel, vellum, colored pencil, on wood panel.
3 x 4'
2000
Julie McNiel paintings
Chromatica
acrylic, vellum, enamel, pencil, on wood panel
4 x 6'
2003
mixed media painting
DETAIL of Chromatica
acrylic, graphite, vellum, on wood.
4 x 6'
2003
painting by Julie McNiel
DETAIL of Chromatica
acrylic, graphite, vellum, on wood panel.
2003
Julie McNiel art
Hunter's Point Pirate
wall drawing in-progress
2003
Hunter's Point (detail of painting)
Hunter's Point (detail of painting)
graphite, acrylic, on wood
4 x 4'
2003
paintings art
Wool Gathering
acrylic, glitter, vellum, pencil, enamel, on wood panel.
2 x 2'
2002
Julie McNiel art
Stocks and Bonds
acrylic, enamel, vellum, colored pencil, on wood.
2 x 2'
2001
Julie McNiel art
Stocks and Bonds (Detail)
acrylic, enamel, vellum, colored pencil, on wood.
2 x 2'
2001
Julie McNiel art
Curving Away
gouache, graphite, enamel, photomontage on wood.
2 x 2'
2000
Julie McNiel paintings
Curving Away (detail)
gouache, graphite, enamel, photomontage of aerial map on wood panel.
2 x 2'
2000
Julie McNiel art
Underground Palace
acrylic, graphite, vellum, enamel, on wood panel.
2 x 2'
2001
Julie McNiel paintings
Underground Palace (Detail)
acrylic, enamel, graphite, vellum, on wood panel.
2 x 2'
2001
Julie McNiel art
Amber
acrylic, enamel, vellum, film, on wood.
2 x 2'
2002
Julie McNiel paintings
Glamour Wood
acrylic, enamel, pencil, vellum, on wood panel.
2 x 2'
2002
Julie McNiel art
Checkmate
acrylic, vellum, graphite, on wood.
4 x 4'
2003

Glamour Wood refers to the archaic meaning of glamour (as in ancient Celtic fairytales), as a cast spell; the wood being the visual metaphor for a wild yet sophisticated and seducing beauty. Glamour Wood is a forested setting that offers opportunities for entertainment and the fulfillment of desire; yet, it is also a place of camouflage and delusion.

This group of paintings is dated 2000-2003.

As with other galleries on this site, text accompanies many of the images. You may click on each image to enlarge it.

An essay on the work in Glamour Wood by artist and anthropologist Lydia Nakashima Degarrod, Ph.D, can be accessed here.


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