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Art style
Joanne Julian, for over 30 years, Joanne has been a master of both meticulously detailed drawings and a spontaneous Zen-style calligraphic brushwork. The Zen-style calligraphic brushwork is a painting that intentionally uses the simple and intuitive brush painting to embody the teachings of Zen. Now Zen art, grew up around the philosophy of Zen Buddhism, which impacted the evolution of the form traverse both spirituality and everyday culture. Joanne Julian had created her own trademark that blend the two (Detailed drawings and a spontaneous Zen-style calligraphic brushwork), bringing together contrasting/opposing styles. One style, known to be painstaking and controlled which is associated with western artistic practice. The other, vigorous and spontaneous, and connected to east Asia which is the Zen-brush painting

Influence
From a young age, Joanne Julian was interested in gardening and nature which can be seen in some of her previous art pieces, such as fish, botanicals, ravens insects, water, skies, stars, and galaxies. Her art style can be denoted from the considerable amount of time that she spent drawing Zen circles and the exquisite wigs that were worn in the kabuki theatre. In the late 1970's, Joanne Julian had traveled to japan where she watched Japanese Zen master paint and do calligraphy in which she was deeply inspired by the country's art, culture and spiritually. It can be seen in her most recent works, that Japanese influence invades Julian's drawings and prints. These art pieces, typically include Zen circles, koi fish, etc. Despite the influence of Japan and Zen aesthetics on her work, Julian gives credit to her own heritage as well, as she stated that the mid-eastern part of her anticipates or adds passion to the Japanese Restraint. Her art is meant to not only soothe, but also suggest alternative venues, ask questions, engages and challenges the viewer often in a newly imagined environment where non-traditionally elements coexist