About Julie St. Clair
Seattle -based photographer Julie St. Clair works at the intersection of lens-based imagery, digital process, and contemporary large-scale printmaking. With over three decades of experience in editorial photography, video, and color science, her work blends deep technical expertise with a highly intuitive visual language rooted in abstraction, texture, and time. Trained in both fine art and commercial photography, Julie crafted visual identities through photography, film and video for notable clients across retail, medical manufacturing, and higher education. Her background as a color specialist—shaped by years in pre-press, print, and digital workflows—drives her use of color in both subtle shifts and bold extremes.
Artist Statement
Everything I encounter through my lens feels alive with meaning and energy, compelling me to collect fleeting impressions and incidental moments—a practice that has shaped my creative life. Through digital layering and contemporary printmaking processes, I reengage these captures as richly textured compositions, exploring how each moment and place is part of an ongoing, connected narrative. Each artwork becomes a dialogue between the tangible and the ephemeral, the past and the present, grounding my own presence within the flow of time. Inspired by the luminous depth of 19th‑century master painters, I often weave in photographed fragments of their original works, bringing them back into the slipstream of contemporary visual language—a search for how, or even if, the digital image can evoke the physical presence and atmosphere once reserved for paint.
All artworks are created solely from my original photography, printed as limited edition Giclée prints on fine art paper with a matte finish and mounted on archival materials. Designed for impact at scale, each piece is intended for open display without glass, allowing the viewer full access to the intricate details. This process merges the precision of photography with the expressive depth of painting, forming a distinct visual language.
Custom commissions are welcome, including site-specific works for private interiors, public settings, or large-scale commercial spaces.
Contact Julie St. Clair at 510-387-7500, julie@juliestclair.com
Exhibitions
2021; Art Not Terminal (ANT) Gallery, Seattle, WA, Spring Group Show
2019; Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle, WA; Motherland Group Exhibit