By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the first of two 12-piece exhibitions of works by contemporary American landscape painter Janet Broussard (born 1964 in Texas, USA). 

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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. 

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           Professional Affiliations               

                                                           

• Member - Oil Painters of America (OPA)              

• Fellow Member - American Artists' Professional League  (AAPL)     

• Member - The Salmagundi Club   

• Member - California Art Club      

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Selected Exhibitions

 

• 2015 Salmagundi Annual Members Exhibition

• 2015 Salmagundi Club Spring Auction

• 2014 American Artists Professional League 86th Grand national Exhibition

• 2014 Artists of Texas Winter Show

• 2014 Randy Higbee 6" Squared Exhibition

• 2012 Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, TX

• 2012 Salmagundi Spring Auction, Salmagundi Club, New York

• 2011 Segil Fine Art Juried Exhibition, "Tell Us a Story"

• 2011 Salon International

• 2010 AAPL 82nd Grand National Exhibition

• 2010 American Impressionists' Society Exhibition

• 2010 American Plains Artists Exhibition

• 2010 Solo Show, "Local Ingredients"

• 2010 Salon International 

Awards

 

• 2008  Paint America Top Mini 50

• 2007  Paint America Top Mini 100

• 2007  Paint America Top Mini 100

• 2006  Judge's Honorable Mention Salon International

• 2005  Arts for the Parks Top 200

• 2005  Finalist Artist's Magazine Art Competition

• 2004  Arts for the Parks Top 100

• 2002  Arts for the Parks Top 200