Collection: Julie Lonneman
Julie Lonneman, fine artist and freelance illustrator, lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she is mostly retired. Her illustrations on themes of spirituality and social justice have appeared in books and magazines published around the globe during her long and varied career as a designer and illustrator.
Julie acknowledges many influences on her creative work, from tribal, folk, and medieval art to the WPA style posters of the US National Parks. She has learned much from studying the work of twentieth-century artists Käthe Kollwitz, Fritz Eichenberg and Franklin Carmichael.
Julie is also grateful for the insights gleaned from her 25 years of membership in New Jerusalem, a Catholic intentional lay community founded in the 1970's by Richard Rohr, OFM. His teaching helped her to form the understanding of scripture that underlies her work. It was also at New Jerusalem that Julie met her husband, Bill. They have two wonderful daughters, born in 1984 and 1987, and are the grandparents of three kiddos.