Painting the mood! 

During my early education, I was privileged to have an excellent teacher.  She specialized in watercolors 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.  Initially, I focused on painting in oil and took workshops from several professional artists in the area.  While enjoying some success as an artist, I pursued and received an Associate of Arts degree with a focus on Metal Smithing--thinking that a more practical fine arts career as a jeweler might be more lucritive.  I spent a few years working as an apprentice jeweler.  Family responsibilities necessitated better, more stable income and benefits so I left the world of art for a number of years.  I returned 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.    The media I use most frequently now is watercolor or acrylics; however, I also paint in oil and pastel and sometime will do a series in collage just focusing on design elements.  I have taken many classes at our local junior college, adult education and through various Art Leagues.  I am a keen supporter of workshops taught by successful professional artists and  have gained invaluable information from these workshops as well as made new friends and supporters.  I continue to submit work to juried and membership shows within the U.S.  I am a member of the Santa Cruz Art League, the California Watercolor Association and the Santa Clara Watercolor Society and the International Society of Acrylic Painters.

I paint primarily from photographs in my studio.  I enjoy the quiet of my studio or the studio filled with soft background music.   Figures, non-objective abstracts and landscapes are my favorite subjects.  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.   

For further information, contact jdecdesigns@msn.com or www.fineartstudioonline.com/jeannedecampos-rousseau