Summer In The City - Julika Pettigrew

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Summer in the City pulses with the warmth, rhythm, and layered vibrancy of an urban landscape in full bloom. Her signature cold-wax–inspired textural approach remains evident with scraped surfaces, subtle fingerprints, and delicate pastel-like marks create a tactile sense of depth and history within the work.

Gentle interruptions—floating dots, fine scratches, and expressive strokes—introduce a playful spontaneity that mirrors the hum of life in summer streets. Pettigrew’s background in interior architecture shapes her instinctive balance of structure and openness, while her recent exhibitions at the Dulwich Festival Artists’ Open House and features in London’s independent art circuit continue to build her momentum.

Summer in the City is an uplifting, design-led piece that brings the emotional ease of warm days into a contemporary abstract language—ideal for collectors seeking elegant, atmospheric work from an emerging contemporary artist.