The Guild of Harwich Artists demonstration artists in February is Julie Blanchard, a local painter and art teacher.  Julie often paints outdoors (en plein air) using strong color and a variety of techniques to capture the mood and feeling of the day. She allows nature to take a hand in the completed work. Whether it is sand and bugs or ice crystals in winter she makes use of the environment to help capture the moment.

Blanchard is a juried Master Artist of the Cape Cod Art Center, an artist member of the Creative Art Center in Chatham, and the Cultural Center of Cape Cod and regularly exhibits throughout New England.  She is a Signature Member of the New England Watercolor Society and Associate Member of the National Watercolor Society.  Her watercolor paintings are in private collections in Arizona, California, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Idaho, Texas, Missouri and Virginia.  Her work can be seen at https://www.freshpaintgalleryonline.com, and at Fresh Paint Studios at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth