about THE ARTIST

Julia Allisson Cost was born and raised in upcountry Maui, Hawai’i by a family of many artists. She is passionate about making anything by hand, in particular: capturing the world on canvas through painting, and transforming her paintings into textile designs, which become the raw material for her clients’ sewing artistry. Most recently, she released her first picture book, The Girl and the Boat, which tells a story of friendship through 30 richly detailed oil paintings. She earned a double BA in Studio Art and Dance from Scripps College and a MFA in Dance from University of California, Irvine. She is a painter, textile designer, sewist, author and illustrator, maker of all kinds, and dancer. Get a deeper glimpse into her family of artists, inspiration, and textile design process here.