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"Passion is in all great searches"
Searching is the artist's journey
Thank you for your interest in my work. I am happy to share with you my enthusiasm for painting; the joy of color, animating with texture, the chance to see a particular subject in a different way.
The painting surface is just as important as the rendering of the subject matter. You see thick strokes of paint, thin washes, and fine lines cutting through the layers of paint to the panel. Some edges are smeared, some are precise. All these techniques give the painting a sense of life and energy.
Janet’s artistic talent
came to fruition at an early age, winning her first award in fourth grade, for
a watercolor seascape of California’s Bug Sur. Constantly painting and drawing, with frequent milestones of
recognition for her artistic talent, she followed her chosen path to the
University of North Texas where she majored in Advertising Art.
While working in a
gallery and commuting to school from Dallas, she became immersed in
papermaking, sparked by the tactile challenge of working with her hands. Over the next sixteen years, Janet
enjoyed success with her abstract collages, each one using a variety of
materials including cotton fiber and found objects. Corporate and private patrons alike enjoy her work in
Florida, Colorado, Texas, and Mexico.
Always emotionally
inspired by nature, Janet admired the beautiful light captured by the
California Impressionists, especially Edgar Payne and George Wendt; she also
admired the fluid strokes and spontaneity of the painter Joaquin Sorolla.
Maynard Dixon’s southwestern landscapes appealed to her graphic sense with saturated
colors and simple shapes that conveyed vast skies and distant buttes. The
paintings by these masters moved Janet to change mediums and genres. Leaving behind handmade paper and
contemporary abstract ideas, she embraced representational concepts and began
painting with oils.
After moving to Austin,
she enthusiastically pursued landscape painting, and studied with such notable
painters as Matt Smith, Scott Christensen, Skip Whitcomb, John Budicin, and Don
Ward. She paints small field studies outdoors to capture the essence of the
scene, and then later uses these with photographs and observations to create
larger works in her studio.
www.janetbroussard.com 512-917-2671
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