Mailing Address:

Studio Address:

Purcell Parlour Gallery
48 Herlihy Drive
Clyde River

368-7526 (Home)
368-7526 (Studio)
368-7526 (Fax)

Email: purcellgallery@pei.sympatico.ca

Web Address withheld at artists request.

An artist of Queens County.

Biography

Julia Purcell is the eldest daughter of well- known artists Joseph and Tela Purcell of Nova Scotia. Julia has been painting and drawing since early childhood. Julia studied at Dalhousie University where she earned an Honors BA in Theater and Music and also at UBC. After graduating she was employed at Neptune Theater and Zwicker’s Art Gallery in Halifax, NS. Over the years she has taken short courses in pottery, silver smithing, basketry and printmaking
Presently she is living in Clyde River, PEI, with her husband and four children. She works in watercolor and oil, finding inspiration for her subjects in landscapes, townscapes, portraits and flowers. Despite the demands and pleasures of family life, Julia always finds time for painting, art demonstrations and teaching. In February of 2003 Julia had a successful solo show of her work called “Out in the Open” at the Showcase Gallery, Confederation Centre. Her work can be viewed at many local galleries and at her home, where she has recently opened a display space called the Purcell Parlour Gallery. Julia’s latest passion is Art History She also wants to fulfill a life long dream of writing and illustrating a children’s book.