“I paint in watercolor because of the illusion that this medium achieves. It expresses movement that captures the eye and causes the viewer to stop and examine the artwork over and over again.”

June Jurcak’s watercolors are unique and pleasing. With her innate sensibilities, Jurcak combines a bit of realism with abstraction to create ethereal scenes of mountain trout, hummingbirds, dragon flies, and other wildlife. “My inspiration – to paint flowers, insects and hummingbirds – comes from spending time with my Grandma and Grandpa Lee. Grandma had a story for each flower as we walk through their beautiful and perfectly-rowed flower beds.” Jurcak’s passion, ignited on these walks, energizes her art as does her zest for life. “I hope you, too, will find joy in the beauty and breadth of my painting.” 

The dynamic combination of wildlife and landscape of southern Colorado is what inspires Jurcak most. In her Hummingbird series, Jurcak celebrates this bird as the bringer of joy and happiness. Jurcak has truly captured the magic and fluidity of the Hummingbird’s movement. The aesthetic beauty of the Hummingbird coupled with the iridescent quality of Jurcak’s pigments has truly infused these birds with life.