What others have said...
...Steiner mostly paints her own particular type of person. She doesn't have a name for them. Call them the faces. Each face has a unique, but consistent, expression: Powerful, but in their eyes, you can see weakness-a lost person.
You can imagine that each figure, either arched over with skeletal wings or with hallow cheeks, sees something different. And each one conveys that same subdued turmoil. The faces look as if they are made up of tiny pebbles or large rocks. The figures are painted with black outlines, making layers and layers that eventually connect to form the image of a person.
Steiner views her art nonchalantly, but it's something that most people can connect with.
Clarissa Leon
Reporter, Reno News and Review
January 1, 2009
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You have a beautiful story, something we name in French "un beau chemin de vie" (literally: a beautiful life road"). It is surely the reason your works are so interesting, full of life, of introspection and, I think, of hope.
Salutations chaleureuses de Montréal!
Ianik Marcil
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...The painting is very powerful and, I think, shows you moving to a restrained elegance contained within a style of portrait that mazes me when I see it in person...it will be art I look through over and over...
John Yimin
OutsiderArt.Info
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...The painting is very strong. I think powerful, a raw painting without concession, who comes from your sensitive depth.
Dominique Darties
Canal Blog of French Outsider Art Collectors
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As for your artwork, I will admit that in the roughly 150 pieces that I have in my home, yours are the most commented on and adored by everyone who comes in to visit---no exaggeration!
I think your pieces show incredible talent, brilliant use of colour, tremendous imagination, and are just amazing. I am honoured to have them in my home. You have talent beyond compare and have already earned your place in my world as a wonderfully talented artist
All the best,
Joseph Ciechanowski III
Boca Raton, FL
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Poetry matters. Whether the poetry is words, music or acrylic.
There will never be enough great poetry in this world, so thank you for contributing.
I can now say with great pride, "I have a Julie Steiner."
My tail is still wagging.
Dave McNeill, Soke
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