Juli Fejer’s art is rooted in her journey from isolated invalid to gallery artist.

For decades she was locked in chronic pain, worklessness, and depression – on society’s scrapheap. In 2018, after her mother died, she found refuge from grief by making doodles on her iPad. She was encouraged to take her talent seriously by therapists on an NHS pain -management course. Soon, what had started as a distraction became a passion as she reconnected with a childhood love of painting and drawing.

Juli advocates wellness through mindful connection with the natural world, particularly walking in woodland. The self-taught artist sketches and takes photographs on her phone, then bring them back to paint on a small table. Fibromyalgia gives her an acute sensitivity to colour and light.

In 2021, one of Juli Fejer’s paintings was selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, and she took part in a BBC 2 documentary about the exhibition. She has participated in numerous art fairs and group exhibitions, including with the Society of East Anglian Watercolourists.