Julie Zahn
"Serenading the Moon."

Printmaker and painter Julie Zahn was born and raised in Bethesda, Maryland. After graduating from college, she spent two years in rural Japan where she drew and painted the landscape. Since the 1980’s she has resided in Philadelphia where she completed the Certificate Program at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Returning to Japan on a travel scholarship, Julie learned the traditional art of katazome from an antique screen restorer in Kyoto. Also called stencil dyeing, katazome is a versatile technique used in fabric design.

Julie’s mixed media paintings are a unique hybrid of cross-cultural techniques. She combines printmaking, woodcut and painting with katazome - which employs a resist paste applied through a stencil, left to dry, then, once painted, is washed off, revealing the surface beneath.

The inspiration for this series comes from the rambling garden of her home in Mt. Airy – where she lives with her husband, young children, several rabbits, cats and a newly adopted Labrador Retriever.

As decorative as Julie’s work is playful, it also reflects - with vivid colors and practiced hand - the deeper aspects of a relationship to nature.

"Nasturtiums and Rabbit #2"



"Serenading the Moon"

"A Vertical Raised Bed #1"

"A Vertical Raised Bed #2"

"A Vertical Raised Bed #3"

"A Hop, Skip and A Jump"

"Irises"

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