The work of my friend Jacquie Gouveia
Expressive Paintings of Nature

Currently Hanging on Newbury Street in Boston!!

"Hope"

Acrylic on Canvas
Year Painted: 2006



Dimensions: 24" H x 18" W x 1.5" deep


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Jacquie Gouveia
Expressive Paintings of Nature
34 South Meadow Road
Carver, MA 02330
508.866.5562
jacquie@jgouveia.com
http://www.jgouveia.com
http://www.jgouveia.com/blogged


Artist Statement:

Color has an amazing ability to capture moods and emotions. I use color and paint application to express my gratitude towards nature as honestly as possible. The viewer returns that honest self expression when they connect to the painting.

Biography

Jacquie was born in Taunton, MA in 1966 and began drawing the Peanut characters at a very young age.

Although her formal education was in Business, art has always been a big part of her life and in 2000 she focused on learning to paint. She spent years painting on her own and creating smaller plein-air landscapes. This process and self-discipline gave her the best education on light and color. She built upon her color knowledge and currently creates vibrant and highly energized semi-abstract paintings.

Working in both oils and acrylics she first quickly lays down her initial colors and idea using a brush. She then begins to work more intuitively and very energetcially allowing the painting to dictate what it wants her to do. Most paint is applied with palette knives or squeezed out of the tube and drawn directly onto the canvas. She loves working with pure color and to loud music.

Jacquie is collected throughout the United States and Canada.

Shows:
"Paint World's End & Hingham Harbor" 2006 -
South Street Gallery, Hingham, MA
"Arcadia:The End of Time" 2006 - Projekt30.com, Juried Artist
"Paint Your Pet" 2006 - South Street Gallery, Hingham, MA
"Community Canvas" 2006 - ArtWorks! New Bedford, MA
"Holiday Fireworks" 2005-2006 - Deerhill Inn, West Dover, VT
"Small Works" 2005 * 2004 * 2003 - South Street Gallery, Hingham, MA
"Paint the Square" 2005 * 2004 * 2003 - South Street Gallery, Hingham, MA
"Art on the Mountain" 2005 * 2004 - Mt. Snow, West Dover, VT (Juried Artist)
"House of the Living Arts" 2005 - Wheaton College, Norton, MA
"Carver Olde Home Day", 2003 * 2002 - Carver, MA

Awards:
Art on the Mountain 2005 - Honorable Mention for body of work
Carver Olde Home Day Art Show 2002 & 2003 - 3rd Place

Representation:
Art for Progress - New York, NY
SJ Nichols Gallery - Plymouth, MA

Resume:

Education: Bryant College - B.S. in Business Administration/Accounting 1989

Painting Education/Experience:
2/2006-Present: Create expressive semi- abstract landscapes with a focus on color by building upon knowledge gained as a plein air painter.

2000-2006: Plein air landscape painter - practiced the techniques developed by Charles Hawthorne and Henry Hensche to expand my understanding of light and color.

KATHY NOTES:

Check out Jacquie Gouveia's blog as well... interesting tips and reviews on art.
Jacquie explains blocking in color Dec. 11, 06 entry... check it out it is very intersting.

This is the text but on Jacquie's site illustrations are used.

http://www.jgouveia.com/blogged

Blocking in Color
December 11th, 2006

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Blocking in the first layer of color is an extremely important step. It creates the overall color harmony of the scene and hopefully captures the initial idea.

In the painting “North River” (acrylic on canvas) I very quickly and vigorously layed down my main colors. This painting is based on a landscape I often drive by. Since it is late fall (practically winter) here in New England, the grass along the river is windswept and haylike and the blue river winds right through it. This all translates into a lot of energy and movement for me so I use that energy when working.

In this detailed picture, you can see how I am laying the paint down in varying levels of thickness. I just want to get the idea down in a loose and energetic fashion. I am also using some directional strokes especially for the river. While thinking about how the river is flowing away from me, I’m adding some paint in with my palette knife in a horizontal slashing manner.

After letting this dry for a day or two, I finished the painting by adding in some areas of a warmer and deeper orange. For this application, I am drawing directly on the canvas from a tube of paint, still with lots of energy. I will also squirt the paint with a shot of water, allowing it to drip and flow - more movement and energy.


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Again, using my palette knife, I apply areas of thicker paint. Laying it on in different directions (like the windswept grass) to build up the texture and a sense of the wind. Finally I tone down some areas of the background and river to create the sense of the atmosphere.