Continuing in my equestrian series, this painting shows a young rider on her first horse, as opposed to a pony. You can see in her body language she is tentative about her new mount. The horse senses her apprehension, and waits patiently for her commands.
I deliberately kept the composition simple, choosing to focus on the horse and rider and merely "suggest" the environment.
Take a look at the ongoing "Equestrian Series" under "Animals" on my "Works" page.
Enjoy!
Janet
Biography
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.
Janet is a member of: Oil Painters of America (OPA) American Artists' Professional League (AAPL)
American Impressionists' Society (AIS) American Plains Artists (APA) The Salmagundi Club
American Society of Traditional Artists (ASTA)
Awards:
2002 Arts for the Parks Top 200
2004 Arts for the Parks Top 100
2005 Finalist Artist's Magazine Art Competition
2005 Arts for the Parks Top 200
2006 Judge's Honorable Mention Salon International
2007 Paint America top Mini 100
2007 Paint America top Mini 100
2008 Paint America top Mini 50
Selected Shows:
2003 Oil Painters of America Regional Exhibition
2003 American Artists Professional League (AAPL)
75th Annual Exhibition
2004 Arts for the Parks Top 100
2005 Salon International
2005 Oil Painters of America Nat'l. Exhibition
2006 Salon International
2006 American Academy of Women Artists Annual Show
2007 Salon International
2007 American Academy of Women Artists "Visions of America" Exhibition
2008 Salon International
2008 Oil Painters of America Regional Exhibiton
2008 AAPL 80th Annual Exhibition
2008 Salmagundi Club Non-Members Show
2009 Salon International
2009 Solo Exhibition, "Janet Broussard, Landscape Retrospective"
2010 Salon International
2010 Solo Show, "Local Ingredients"
2010 American Plains Artists Exhibition
2010 American Impressionists' Society Exhibition
2010 AAPL 82nd Annual Exhibition
2011 Salon International
2011 Segil Fine Art Juried Exhibition, "Tell Us a Story"
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