Gallery Statement for recent Road Trip exhibit

Travel photos, collected postcards, and well worn maps provide inspiration for Maureen Brouillette's mixed media paintings. Her recent work takes us on a ROAD TRIP through middle America yet suggests a contemporary viewpoint ripe for interpretation.

A ferris wheel hovers over a carnival midway and industrial grade yellow paint signals caution. Architectural snapshots such as these define each painting. With the layering of paint and paper, Brouillette merges reality with abstraction. She integrates elements with gestural, graffiti-like line and quiets bold color with contrasting neutral hues. The result is imagery that has both an energetic rhythm and room to breathe.

Judith Taylor/Gallery Shoal Creek (Austin, TX)

Maureen Brouillette

I'm a painter working with acrylic and mixed media on canvas and paper. Cityscapes and landscapes are my favorite. I teach ongoing watermedia painting classes and do demonstrations, workshops, critiques and jury art exhibits.

I was awarded Best of Show in the 2009 and 2005 Southwestern Watercolor Society juried exhibits.

I am also teaching a three-day Mixed Media Collage workshop at the Artists' Showplace in Dallas on Sept. 27, 28 & 29, 2010. Click on workshops for details.

I will also be teaching a six week course on Acrylic Painting at the Artisan Studio and Gallery in Dallas during September and October, 2010. Click on Classes for details. A current schedule is listed under classes.

My painting, "Happy Caddy" was accepted into the 47th annual Southwestern Watercolor Society membership exhibition. Juror is Katherine Chang Liu.

I did a commission painting for the new Omni Hotel and Convention Center being built in downtown Dallas.

My painting "Flea Market" was accepted into the Oklahoma Watermedia Association 2010 membership exhibit. Juror is Louise Cadillac.

Ten of my paintings will be in the Ft. Worth Historic Society's 8th annual Art Show and Sale. It is a group show that opens September 9th at the Fort Worth Community Art Center. There is a second, free opening on the 11th, which is Fort Worth Fall Gallery Night.

I will be judging for awards for the Mid Cities Fine Artists annual membership show which opens in August.

I'll be starting a third north Dallas critique group in the fall. I might need one or two more people, so let me know if you are interested.

Bird Man by Maureen Brouillette
Mixed Media Painting on Canvas, 20" x 20"