Julia Watson

Julia Watson has worked full-time as a painter since relocating to North Essex in 1994. Before that she worked in London as a freelance textile designer and textile consultant to a fashion company. She studied English and Art History at the University of East Anglia, Norwich (1975-1978), attended the Sir John Cass School of Art, London (1981-1982), and gained a Post-Graduate Diploma in Textile Art from Goldsmiths College, London (1982-1984). Alongside painting she works in drawing, printmaking and collage, and writes poetry, and is a member of Colchester Art Society and a member of the Gainsborough House Print Workshop.