About inkyplume and Julie

Julie and Friends

Julie Futoran-Ulsted aka inkyplume, is a Pacific Northwest-based artist with a lifelong love of nature, design, and pattern. Influenced by her artistic family and experiences working in her parents’ upscale women’s boutique, Julie honed her aesthetic vision from a young age. Her extensive travels across Europe, Southeast Asia, and stints living in Japan and Mexico have enriched her artistic repertoire and inspired her to capture diverse cultures’ aesthetics and flora and fauna through vibrant, textured art, illustrations, and surface designs. Julie aims to bring joy through her art and the colors she uses. Her art can be explored further on her Instagram feed @inkyplume.com and here in this shop on products including canvases and art prints. Julie currently lives with her husband Adrian, 10-year old daughter Sonja, and their two puppies, A Cuppa Coffee and Biscotti in western upstate New York.

Meet The Team

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Adrian Ulsted

IT and Operations


Adrian’s main job at inkyplume is that he creates the webpage and collaborates on strategy. Two! His two main jobs are that he creates the webpage, collaborates on strategy, and edits art in Photoshop. His three main jobs are that creates the webpage, collaborates on strategy, edits art in Photoshop, and manages projects.

Aaaamongst Adrian’s main jobs, as they pertains to inkyplume, are that he creates the webpage, collaborates on strategy, edits art in Photoshop, manages projects, and produces videos… Ooohhhhh! I’ll come in again.

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Sonja Ulsted

Head of Childhood Imagination and Inspiration

A constant source of inspiration both professionally and personally, Sonja is also a budding artist in her own right.

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A Cup Of Coffee

Head of Personal Sustainability and Joy

Cuppa Coffee landed her first position here at inkyplume and we are so happy with her work. We have a feeling she’ll be with us for life.

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