Julia Featherstone
Inspiration for This Work
Transfiguration is the idea of the landscape transforming the figures within. Imagining my female songline from desert to coast. From my Scottish great-grandmother losing her romantic dreams in outback QLD as she raised 6 children. Then 3 generations later growing up with my mother by ocean, as the great-grand-daughter.
Student Biography
When were you born?
Grew up in Woolgoolga, a small NSW coastal village, loving surfing & ocean. Won 2nd in first Australian Women’s Surfboard Championships, Bondi Beach
What is your background?
Scottish great-grandmother arrived 1876, raised 6 children outback QLD Boulia. English orphaned great-grandfather arrived NSW 1860, lived Woolgoolga
What inspired you to become an artist or designer?
Ocean’s eternal changing light, tides, moon Evolve my careers as SMH photographer & Dept Education video director into artworks of mystery intrigue
Who would you like to work in collaboration with or create something for?
USA video artist Bill Viola, to create a major installation exploring Australia’s waterscapes and their relationship to mythology & spirituality
How has your work evolved over the past 3 years?
My work has evolved from a photo-journalist approach to a more creative, evocative style where meaning is mysterious, layered & ambiguous.
How can art and design contribute to society?
Art and design are essential for a just, fair, enjoyable, exciting society where people express & find meaning in different cultures & spirituality
Where would you like to work after university?
To evolve my video installations of expressionist figurative waterscapes into mythological and spiritual journeys into meaning & emotions of water



![[Image work: Desert ~ Coast Video Installation]](/2007/data/images/medium/z3154266_20071124182542.jpg)
![Desert ~ Coast Video Installation [Desert ~ Coast Video Installation]](/2007/data/images/small/z3154266_20071124182542.jpg)
![Fanny Burney [Fanny Burney]](/2007/data/images/small/z3154266_20071012201311.jpg)
![Lily Pond [Lily Pond]](/2007/data/images/small/z3154266_20071012211527.jpg)
![Bondi Beach Cycle [Bondi Beach Cycle]](/2007/data/images/small/z3154266_20071012210305.jpg)
![Snowy River [Snowy River]](/2007/data/images/small/z3154266_20071012212413.jpg)
![Banksia Man [Banksia Man]](/2007/data/images/small/z3154266_20071012213137.jpg)
![Obsession [Obsession]](/2007/data/images/small/z3154266_20071012165130.jpg)
![Valkerie [Valkerie]](/2007/data/images/small/z3154266_20071012203133.jpg)
![Doppelganger and her Bride [Doppelganger and her Bride]](/2007/data/images/small/z3154266_20071012203925.jpg)
