JULIE BRUNN’S INTEREST IN ART was unusual in her household as her immediate family wasn’t creative. Her father was a chemical engineer, mother a secretary and brother a mathematician. But her love for painting animals was always prevalent. “I can remember my love for drawing and painting from as soon as I could hold a pencil; and it was always animals that I wanted to paint.”
She was very detailed, almost photorealist, in her technique so her biggest problem was that she rarely finished anything she started because of the time it took to complete. Though, whilst studying a foundation degree in art at Exeter College, she learnt to be more expressive and enjoy the beauty in mark making, rather than fixating on every detail. “By
