Julie Baugh-Jenkins

I am a contemporary Welsh artist born and living near Abergavenny, Wales. My landscapes are exceptionally inspired by the Welsh landscape in which I grew up and the nature that surrounds me. I have a deeply-rooted ancestral connection to this place, being one of six generations to settle in this landscape.

The ancestral footsteps I retrace hold the remains of an industrial past which form its landscape today. The existence of these paths fades and becomes impassable as nature takes over, but memories are rooted and preserved. Culture, tradition and place are connected by these pathways, and when I walk, I absorb the sensation, the feeling of belonging to a place.

My work embraces the rich and dramatic landscapes that I explore. It is the sensation of the landscape I paint, a way of expression. My paintings display an interwoven connection with human emotion and nature. Retracing memories informs my application of my work, building up a surface that mirrors and echoes my responses to nature.

My paintings are about remembering moments, the stories that echo the land and my rooted connection to a place. They re-enact the idea of what the landscape is and has always been.

They are about remembering a ‘Place’.

As seen in 'The Wo...

2023 - 2025 Postgraduate in Fine Art, Falmouth.
2012 - PGCE Cert in Further Education.
2007 - 2011 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Hereford College of Arts.

2025 - Oriel Cric Gallery, Crickhowell. 23 May - 12 July.
2025 - The Wales Contemporary at Garrison Chapel, Chelsea, London. 25th February - 9th March.
2025 - The Wales Contemporary at The Waterfront Gallery, Milford Haven. 21st March -17th May.
2024 - The Artshop & Chapel Abergavenny.
2024 - Oriel Cric Gallery, Crickhowell.
2024 - Crickhowell Open Studios.
2023 - Crickhowell Open Studios.
2021 - ArtDrop21 Exhibition at Canfas Gallery.
2013 - Group Exhibition - Abstract Landscapes- Art360 Hereford.
2012 - Group Exhibition- Clydach Gorge Landscapes- Brynmawr Arts & Craft Society.
2011 - Degree Exhibition: Wales is no Arcadia. It is a land full of echoes—Hereford College of Arts.
2010 - Solo Exhibition - Welsh Landscape Paintings - Art360 Hereford.
2010 - Undergraduate - Retraces -The Cider Museum, Hereford College of Arts.
2010 - Hereford Art in the Woods, Painting Workshop.
2010 - Longtown Primary School, Drawing Workshop.
2010 - The Sydney Nolan Trust, Presteigne, Powys, Sculpture Workshop.
2009 - Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran, Textiles workshop.
2009 - Progress Works Exhibition - Retracing a Journey - The Gallery at Stratford-Upon.
2009 - Group Exhibition- Clydach Gorge Landscapes - Brynmawr Arts & Craft So...