Journal * Sketch Pads
Journal * Sketch Pads
Covers are Original One-of-a Kind Art: Julie Dent’s BIO
I was born and raised in a small town in South Dakota. I left South Dakota to pursue a professional career and upon retiring and am glad to say I moved back to my beloved prairie state! I am proud of my South Dakota Heritage!
After a totally different career I have switched gears in the last 6 years to devote my passion to art becoming an emerging artist later in life. I challenge myself to let my art style evolve and have seen it improve so much over the last 6 years.
I am available to do commission work and classes. If you are interested in an exhibit of my work at your location please contact me.
Currently my art is featured in the following galleries: Claw Antler and Hide, Custer SD, Q Jewelry and Gifts Mitchell SD, Eastbank Art Gallery Sioux Falls SD, El’s Gallery Sioux Falls SD, and Authentic Arts, Geddes SD.
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Being selected as the Artist in Residence at Sylvan Lake Lodge in Custer State Park, SD, during the fall of 2022 and spring of 2023 was a wonderful experience to create surrounded the beauty of nature. In this role I displayed my art for sale in a dedicated gallery and created art in the lodge while interacting with the guests.
I have taught art classes in watercolor and acrylic for the Twin Cities Decorative Art Guild, the Great Plains Watercolor Society, East Bank Gallery and at Serendipity Studio and Gallery.
My “Rock 2-0” watercolor painting was part of a juried member show at the Bloomington Center for the Arts in Bloomington MN in 2017.
I received an honorable mention for my watercolor “Prairie’s Winter Blanket” in the Dakota Masterworks art show in 2021. In 2022 I received an honorable mention for my Watercolor Batik, “Old Truck in Blizzard.” This batik painting was also featured in the 2023 March/April edition of South Dakota Magazine. In 2024 my watercolor batik “Still Life with Vegetables” earned an Honorable Mention. In 2025 my watercolor batik “Candlelight” was awarded first prize in in the Mixed Media division.
Two of my watercolor paintings were selected to be part of the Packard Group National Exhibition 2022 and again in 2023, and 2025. Selected artwork was professionally printed and wheatpasted to the exterior of No.7 Center Gallery in Vermillion, SD
I applied and was selected by the Brookings Art Council to exhibit a solo show in Feb 2024 with unique, one-of-a-kind pieces including woven wall hangings and sculptural rock art pieces that are inspired by nature and the beauty that surrounds us in everyday life.
In June 2025 I was invited by the South Dakota Art Museum and Brookings Art Council to be the featured artist for the June citywide Community Art Day.
I applied and was selected by the Yankton Art Council to exhibit a solo show in Feb 2025 with my nature weavings, sculptural rock art pieces, and watercolor batiks.