Julia Poprawski
Resin
Julia is a resin and mixed media artist living and creating in the seaside town of St. Ives, Cornwall.
Her work is inspired by the ever-changing light, textures, and colours of the Cornish coast. She finds endless inspiration in the rhythm of the tides, the shifting skies, worn rocks, tangled seaweed, and the way light reflects on the water.
She studied at the Norwich School of Art, where she first developed a love for materials that carry their own energy and story. That passion has a into a practice that blends traditional and experimental techniques — with resin as her primary medium.
Each artwork is built up in multiple layers of resin, sometimes over days or weeks. These layers allow her to trap textures, pigments, inks, and even fine details like gold leaf or grains of sand — creating depth and a sense of suspended movement. The process is both intuitive and intentional, echoing the way the sea shapes and reveals over time.
By working in this way, she aims to create more than just a visual piece – she wants to draw the viewer in, to give the feeling of gazing into tidal pools or watching sunlight refract through water. There’s a quietness in these layers, a stillness, but also a sense of something living beneath the surface.