Julia Dogan’s art revolves around women because she believes freedom if paramount to the female soul and it's precisely what she wants to convey in her paintings. The freedom to be who you want, with whom you want, to do what you want; pure self expression. Dogan believes that freedom brings a person a sense of euphoria, and through her paintings, she wishes to inspire people to feel that liberation.

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Breaking free from her inner struggles marked the beginning of a transformative period in Dogan’s creative life. For Dogan, the process of creating a painting starts with an idea – what she wants to communicate, the thought to express, and what the viewer should contemplate. She wants viewers to form a whole story in their minds, associating it with their lives and the hero/heroine within themselves.