WILDFLOWER DREAMS

Wildflower Dreams by Julia Chuquis, Bluethumb Finalist

This painting is about finding your way back.

“Dreaming of my farm life when the fields were full of wildflowers and my young heart was filled with courage”. 


This is what helped me find my way back from severe anxiety and depression.
Remembering that I was once strong and free.

I went to nature to find my comfort, especially in times of change where the outcome was unknown. 

Nature reminded me to trust life’s process, endure the ugly bits until 
I arrived to something beautiful. 

Through nature and creating art I stand here today healthy and strong , living life with gratitude every day, 
and when spring comes along, it reminds me of what I was able to overcome.

The colour palette I used was to represent earth, water, sky and bloom. 

The painting starts with the movement of water and acrylic to create a delicate stain to the primed canvas, representing the freedom to dream. 

Various tools create the acrylic layers that embody the many layers of emotion, 
while the gestural brushstrokes mark the victory of finding my way back and the discovery that the cure was always inside me.

"To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower" -William Blake

This is a unique and original piece. Artwork was created using high quality artist acrylic paint, oil pastels, alternating tools, spatula and brush and combining mediums to create multiple textures and layers. Signed with certificate of authenticity. Ready to hang.

Note: This artwork comes stretched ready to hang and does not have an external frame. In-situ images of framed artwork is a guide only.

The artwork is varnished in a satin finish for protection.

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Beauty is not superficial — it is felt, lived, and remembered.

Julia Chuquis is an Australian contemporary abstract expressionist painter whose work explores landscape not as a place, but as a state of being.
Drawing from long-standing connections to nature, her paintings emerge through quiet observation, memory, and lived experience rather than direct representation.

Working primarily with layered acrylic and oil, Chuquis builds surfaces through accumulation and restraint. Muted palettes, suspended forms, and visible traces of earlier decisions create a sense of depth and endurance. Veils of translucency allow earlier layers to remain present, held rather than concealed.

Deeply connected to the natural world, Chuquis approaches painting as a practice of observation and presence.
Time spent in nature continues to shape her practice, informing works that seek not to depict a landscape, but to evoke how it is felt — expansive, grounding, and quietly transformative.

Her compositions resist overt narrative in favour of presence. Forms evoke geological and internal landscapes shaped by stillness, weathering, and quiet continuity. Meaning is not imposed but allowed to surface slowly, inviting contemplative engagement.

Julia releases only a select number of original works each year. Allowing each painting the time and space to develop without urgency, she gives each work the attention required for it to arrive in its own time. This measured approach ensures that every work remains thoughtful, refined, and deeply considered.

Her practice reflects an ongoing inquiry into how art can hold emotion without declaring it — offering viewers a space for reflection, connection, and recognition. Through her paintings, Chuquis invites us into freedom, presence, and the unseen forces of nature that quietly shape our lives.

Her work has been exhibited in Australia and New York, and featured in multiple publications and across television and film, including Grand Designs Australia. Selected for exhibition in New York in 2025 and recognised as a finalist in the Bluethumb Art Prize (2023), Chuquis’ paintings are held in private collections throughout Australia and internationally.