Juliet Birch Get Growing Composited original images in Photoshop document 12.5” x 18.5” 2019

Juliet Birch Respect Your Mother (Earth) Composited original and appropriated images in Photoshop document 12.5” x 18.5” 2019

Juliet Birch Let Boys Be Feminine (1) Hand drawn pointillist image in 0.3 mm fine point pen affixed to hand painted watercolor on multimedia background 10” x 13” 2018

Juliet Birch Perception vs. Reality (2) Hand drawn image, Prismacolor on multimedia paper 10” x 9” 2017

Oftentimes in the creative process, I find myself fixated on the relationship humans have with each other and the earth that we share. The subject of much of my work in recent years has featured an individual who has in some way melded with nature.
In a series entitled “Perception vs. Reality,” I explored the idea that what we perceive may not always be that which is actually occurring. It seems that humans like to assume that what they are experiencing is reality. In some aspects, this is true. But it is important to take into account the ways that our individual experiences change and warp our outlook on life in both positive and negative ways. When these perceptions differ between people, it causes interpersonal conflict. The second portrait in this series is presented here in this body of work and shows an individual partially blinded by his perception, unable to see reality clearly through his warped view (physically represented by daisies).
Julia Birch, 2020