In the world of art there are many 'undiscovered' artists, including sculptors and painters whom I have known personally. Many deserve a wider audience for their fine works. I doubt few can argue that the paintings included here, by Julia A. Eastberg, should remain in this obscure category. She was born in 1940 in the tiny lumber town of Index, Washington, and how she emerged from that environment to become such an accomplished fine artist is anyone's guess. Her adult life took her to San Jose art classes––she "trained with John Mark Briggs, who also taught Julia’s classmate, sculptor Robert Pena Graham." See continuing description from Northwinds Arts Center Online, Port Townsend, WA–– “Julia continually studied and exhibited realist art in several media – including gouache, watercolor, oil, acrylic and pencil. Her oil painting “Floating Gloves” was acquired for the permanent collection of the Contemporary Art Center in Honolulu."

She lived and painted in the Bay Area; Calistoga, Oakland and Richmond, California, Hawaii, and finally returned back up to Washington state, settling in Port Townsend where she could rely on my wife, artist Julie Schachter, and myself for support and friendship. Once there, she worked relentlessly, painting both her surreal narratives with invented characters, and tributes to the natural beauty of the place. Please enjoy exploring the art pieces of hers pictured here, which I collected (and was often gifted with) over our fifty year friendship. You may marvel as I do, that she hasn't found more recognition for such an outstanding range of creative and assured creations.