Artist Maureen Brouillette

Drive Inn
Mixed Media on Canvas

I am fascinated with the way Texas artist Maureen Brouillette combines acrylic, photos, drawings, architectural images and abstract shapes in collage form. Travel photos, collected postcards and well worn maps were the inspiration for her exhibit ROAD TRIP. Brouillette's mixed media paintings offer an intriguing view of middle America.

Red Horse
Mixed Media on Canvas

I love the way she integrates graffiti-like lines, bold color and contrasting neutral hues. It's a contemporary take on everyday life and forgotten vestiges.

Egg Roll Hut
Mixed Media on Canvas

Brouillette has received regional and national recognition for her work, including awards from the International Society of Experimental Artists, the Society of Watercolor Artists, and Southwestern Watercolor Society. She is represented by Gallery Shoal Creek in Austin, Texas and ARTability in Dallas, Texas.


All Images Copyright © Maureen Brouillette, All Rights Reserved

Profile: Michael George

Untitled, August 2008

I am so excited to share this profile today. I recently discovered the brilliant work of New York University Photography and Imaging major Michael George. I love to support the work of up and coming artists and Michael’s work is truly superb! Not only is he genuinely gifted, he is really young (barely in his 20s). If he is this talented now, what will a few more years bring?

I've highlighted a few of my favorites that just might make the perfect holiday gift this year. For more information you can contact Michael directly. Enjoy!

Untitled, 2008

What inspires your work?
I'm inspired by photography's ability to prove that the world has a natural formal order by grabbing a slice of time or space, even if there's chaos that lies just outside the frame.

What is the one thing in life you can't live without?
The ocean.

What is your greatest accomplishment to date?
Founding the Tisch Photography Magazine Club within my university. It began as an idea over the summer and suddenly we are due to publish our first issue in early December.

Lost Series 1, 2007

What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Acceptance. People get nothing out of denying others from their lives.

What is your most prized possession?
Can I make it a three-way-tie? My journal, my copy of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (a novel by Jonathan Safran Foer), and my Bruce Davidson print from the 'Brooklyn Gang' series.

What books are you currently reading?
On my own: 'The Tipping Point' by Malcolm Gladwell
For class: 'The Marx-Engels Reader' and 'On Photography' by Susan Sontag; 'The Photograph as Contemporary Art,' by Charlotte Cotton.

Anthony, 2007

Who would you most like to collaborate with on a project?
Living: Todd Hido
Deceased: Richard Avedon

How do you see the Internet changing the world of art and design?
For one, many photographers now think of their series not in the sense of a gallery space but a computer monitor. This has many implications that are both exciting and daunting. I believe it also has allowed people to expand their knowledge of other artists so that they are not caught in the tunnel vision that results from only viewing exhibitions at galleries or museums.

What is next for Michael George?
I plan to continue my project entitled 'Brink' over Winter Break and hopefully I'll get a chance to travel and expand on my 'Us & Them' project. Other than that, who knows?

Profile by Ronda Carman
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Profile: Scott McBee

Many thanks to James Andrew for introducing me to artist and designer Scott McBee. The wildly talented New York based artist will show his painstakingly precise and stunningly beautiful gouache paintings this week at the Chinese Porcelain Company. A celebration of the “Grand Dames” of the sea, Scott’s nautical series reflects a life long passion for ocean liners. His fervour and appreciation for ocean liners, those spanning from the early 1900’s to the early 1960’s, began after his parents took him to see the movie Poseidon Adventure and a tour of the original Queen Mary in Long Beach, California.

Executed in acrylic, Indian ink and gouache, the 3-foot by 9-foot stunning works of art pay particular attention to detail and historical accuracy. "Ocean Liners: The Golden Age" features such famed ocean liners as the Normandie, the Queen Elizabeth, the Monarch of Bermuda and the Bremen.


Scott received his BA in graphic design and illustration from San Diego State University. After attending university, he moved to NYC to launch a successful career in commercial illustration. Since 1991 he has worked with major advertising firms such as Ogilvy & Mather, BBDO, Gray, Jay Walter Thompson and currently with Young and Rubicam. In addition to his commercial work as a storyboard artist and art director, he is also a published children’s book illustrator and an accomplished painter.

Scott’s work is currently showing in the windows of the landmark NYC Saks Fifth Avenue and will be showing at the Chinese Porcelain Company from November 14 - 21, 2008. The opening reception is Thursday, November 13 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm at the Chinese Porcelain Company.


Several prominent collectors in the US and abroad have begun amassing Scott’s work. Unfortunately I will miss the showing, but I am looking forward to meeting Scott in a few weeks. If you get the chance, you should try to make it to the Chinese Porcelain Company this week.

Chinese Porcelain Company:
475 Park Avenue at 58th Street
Manhattan, New York
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Which artist, historical or contemporary, do you most admire?
Klimt, Rodin, Da Vinci and Lempicka just to name a few.

What inspires your art and ideas?
Nearly everything I that I see. It can range from architecture, history, fashion, nature, the arts and my mood.

What is the one thing in life you can't live without?
The ability and freedom to express myself.

What is your greatest accomplishment to date?
Making the move to NYC and flourishing.

What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Having everyday to work or create something amazing in my studio by the beach. By late afternoon I take a break for some sun and a romp in the ocean, have some lunch and go back to creating. Traveling the world and spending more time with my loved ones.

What is your most prized possession?
This wonderful and healthy body I inhabit.

What books are on your bedside table?
The Power of Now, Harmonic Wealth, Alexander the Great, The story of San Michelle.

Who would you most like to meet and how would you like to spend the day?
Madonna or Angelina Jolie. Talking, eating great food by the beach, getting to know each other and riding jet skis!

Profile by Ronda Carman