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Julia Fennell
The Stars, the Moon, and the Girl Who Got Away
oil on canvas
12″ x 36″
2025
“The Stars, the Moon, and the Girl Who Got Away” explores a year from which I have very little record using the time capsule I do have– my dream journal. The piece is bookended by images of my school at the time, and the center is filled with symbols from the dreams I recorded. The painting is inspired by the questions I have about my origins from having lost that formative time in my life. The style of painting reflects my own feelings as I put that year back together– blurry, but searching desperately for moments of clarity.
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Julia Fennell
Death Dreams, or How I Became the Flowers
oil pastel on panel
18″ x 24″
2024
“Death Dreams, or How I Became the Flowers” is a piece inspired by a folk tale about daisies growing over the earth after someone passes. The piece twists that narrative to be about rebirth within the self, particularly through difficult experiences and pain, toward the ultimate goal of joy– yet another meaning of the daisy. The promise of this piece is that of origins over and over again– it’s never too late to find hope for a fresh start.
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