• Volets verts à Saint-Valery. 2015

    Volets verts à Saint-Valery. 2015

    Les volets verts à St-Valery. 2015. J.Harms. 20×28.5cm. Acrylic on paper. The church in St-Valery is situated on a hill overlooking the bay. From that point there’s a lovely view of old homes and a mile away, behind them , the shimmering lights of the sea.  

  • Peonies on the grey 2015

    Peonies on the grey 2015

      Peonies on the grey. 2015. J.harms. 18×24 cm. Oil on canvas board. I am lucky to count flower lovers in my family. Vases never stay empty for long around my home. I started painting flowers to ‘wash my eyes’ in between my other paintings. Simply changing my usual medium from acrylic to oil is…

  • The 6th Continent 1/365. The beginning of a journey…

    The 6th Continent 1/365. The beginning of a journey…

    10.5×14.8cm. Gouache on red paper. Le début du voyage. The beginning of a journey to the land of my imagination…

  • Yearly self-portrait 2015

    Yearly self-portrait 2015

    Acrylic on red paper. 29×39 cm . J’ai décidé de peindre un portrait de moi une fois par an. Comme une nature morte humaine. I decided to paint a portrait of myself once every year. Like a human still life. The French, refer to it as a “nature morte”, something that is in decay. How…

  • Yellow flowers 2013

    Yellow flowers 2013

      Yellow flowers. 2013. Oil on canvas. 24×30 cm. J.Harms. Nature has always been a hard thing for me to paint. A conundrum. I love watching it, but I can’t grasp the lines, I can never get the colors to vibrate. Tamed nature is as far as I’ll go. A simple bouquet is all I…

  • The date 2014

    The date 2014

      The date. 2014. Acrylic on paper. 24x44cm. By Julie Harms. (Private collection). Walking up the street to the Sacré Coeur, on a cold winter day, a happy couple. The man is taking snap shots of his date. The scenery is like something out of a fairy tale.

  • A Little Princess 2011

    A Little Princess 2011

      A Little Princess. 10×10 cm. Acrylic on paper. (Private collection) During the Carnival in Venice. A little princess walks about.

  • Empty Boats Along The Bay 2013

    Empty Boats Along The Bay 2013

      Empty boats along the bay. 2013. 17×24 cm. Acrylic on paper. It was the beginning of summer along the bay of Saint-Valéry sur Somme. Boats seemed to be hibernating somehow.

  • Along The Bay of Saint-Valéry 2013

    Along The Bay of Saint-Valéry 2013

      Along the bay of Saint-Valéry. 2013. 17×24 cm. Acrylic on paper. Saint-Valéry-Sur-Somme is a small town overlooking the Baie de Somme. The local authorities arranged a wooden path along the bay that spreads out to the sea. That day the sun was hot, the sky empty, the sea quiet. A perfect day for a…

  • La Route Des Vacances 2013

    La Route Des Vacances 2013

    17×24 cm. Acrylic on paper.  (private collection) Nous avons pris le petit train de la baie de Somme. Sur la route, petit arrêt à Noyelle. C’est la route des vacances. We took the little train, a traditional steam engine, from Saint Valery to the Crotoy. On the road we stopped at Noyelle for a refill,…