Julie Dent

I hope you enjoy my artwork as much as I enjoy creating it! The best times in my life are spent creating at the table!! 

Most of the best moments and memories in my life involve creating around the table with myself, my mom and sister, and friends. I was born and raised in a small town in South Dakota and am glad to say I have moved back to my beloved prairie state!

I am a self created artist in many art mediums. I've taken lots of classes, taught classes, and have done lots and lots of experimenting! I enjoy watercolor, acrylic painting, nature crafts, weavin, paper crafts, beading, and culinary arts. I love trying new ideas and am willing to give any art medium a try! The difficultly is not liking everything I try!! Thanks to my mother and her encouragement from childhood I have been a life long learner of creative arts!

I've enjoyed doing commissions for people in the past few years. I received an honorable mention for water color in the Dakota Masterworks art show in 2021. The Dakota MasterWorks Art Show is a nationally recognized show for South Dakota people over age 60. One of my Rock Series painting was part of a juried member show at the Bloomington Center for the Arts in Bloomington MN. I also have exhibited at the Great Plains Watercolor Society Member Invitational in 2022. I am a member of the Eastbank Art Gallery in Sioux Falls SD and my collection exhibited there is always changing. I update it regularly. 

An opportunity to be an Artist in Residence at Sylvan Lake Lodge in Custer State Park, South Dakota topped off my year! I spent 10 days painting at the lodge, interacting with guests and tourists and being inspired by the incredible surroundings which peaked in fall color while I was there! I also spent two weeks in 2023 the beginning of the summer as artist in residence as well

Most of my art is inspired by nature and the beauty that surrounds us in everyday life.