Julie Grim — Paint Tails

Although Julie Grim works for a large pharmaceutical company as a specialty sales manager, painting is her passion.

After graduating from the University of Oklahoma in 1992 with a Bachelors Degree in Zoology, Julie began dabbling in different art schools in the evenings. In 2002, she began pursuing her studies more seriously and continues to attend many workshops around the country learning from many different nationally recognized artists. Two years ago she traveled to the French Countryside to paint in the Loire Valley studying Plein Aire painting with impressionist Gay Faulkenberry. She lived in a castle and painted outside everyday. It was the trip of a lifetime! She enjoys the intense outdoor elements of fleeting light and shadows that easily translate into an impression of nature onto canvas, dancing in light and kissed by strokes of color.  

Julie really loves to paint dogs. “Painting their eyes is the most fun,” she says. “There is happiness, sadness, and mischievousness in every animals eyes.” She finds herself smiling and giggling while painting them. She paints from photos, and finds that the best paintings come from photos that have a good contrast of warm light and cool shadows on the pet.  

Not surprising, she paints a lot of deceased dogs. Owners want to capture their pet’s personality in a fun yet sacred way, and her paintings seem to offer that. All she needs is a good photo.  

Julie paints at her home in Keller with her husband Rob, who built her studio, her 13 year old son Garrett, who is great at helping figure out and solve problems in the paintings, and of course, her Jack Russell Terrier, Sally.

Her work is currently featured at www.juliegrim.com, JH Interiors in Colleyville, TX, Elite Suites in Southlake, TX, and City Pet Supply in Dallas, TX.