Artist: Jeanne de Campos-Rousseau
USA
USA
Painting with Emotion!
During my early education, I was privileged to have an excellent teacher. She was a watercolorist but had extensive knowledge of all media as well as basic drawing and design skills. I studied under her for four years and received an art scholarship to continue my studies. I focused on painting in oil and took workshops from several professional artists in the area. While enjoying some success as an artist, I left the world of art for a number of years to return to school and received a BS in Computer Science. I worked the next 25 years in the Aerospace Industry as a Satellite Software Engineer. In 2004 I retired and immediately resumed my heart's desire, painting.
Initially I tried my hand in watercolor. Finding watercolor very frustrating, I began working in acrylic on paper. I can apply my oil techniques but remain in a watermedia medium. I am quite active in one of the watermedia societies in my area and have great opportunities to exhibit my watermedia paintings. I focus on landscapes, portraits and sometimes collage. I paint in a realistic style and always try to make my paintings convey a feeling of mood. I am a studio painter, painting from my own photographs in most cases.
I am a member of the Santa Cruz Art League, the Santa Clara Watercolor Society, and the International Society of Acrylic Painters, I have recently been accepted the 2017/18, OPCA, On-line Catalog of Professional Artists.
I enjoy the quiet of my studio or the studio filled with soft background music. I continue to learn and grow with each painting. It has been said of me that "I am a poetic painter." I focus on capturing a mood; telling a story; sharing a special place with you, the viewer.
During my early education, I was privileged to have an excellent teacher. She was a watercolorist but had extensive knowledge of all media as well as basic drawing and design skills. I studied under her for four years and received an art scholarship to continue my studies. I focused on painting in oil and took workshops from several professional artists in the area. While enjoying some success as an artist, I left the world of art for a number of years to return to school and received a BS in Computer Science. I worked the next 25 years in the Aerospace Industry as a Satellite Software Engineer. In 2004 I retired and immediately resumed my heart's desire, painting.
Initially I tried my hand in watercolor. Finding watercolor very frustrating, I began working in acrylic on paper. I can apply my oil techniques but remain in a watermedia medium. I am quite active in one of the watermedia societies in my area and have great opportunities to exhibit my watermedia paintings. I focus on landscapes, portraits and sometimes collage. I paint in a realistic style and always try to make my paintings convey a feeling of mood. I am a studio painter, painting from my own photographs in most cases.
I am a member of the Santa Cruz Art League, the Santa Clara Watercolor Society, and the International Society of Acrylic Painters, I have recently been accepted the 2017/18, OPCA, On-line Catalog of Professional Artists.
I enjoy the quiet of my studio or the studio filled with soft background music. I continue to learn and grow with each painting. It has been said of me that "I am a poetic painter." I focus on capturing a mood; telling a story; sharing a special place with you, the viewer.