Juliette Travous is a multi-talented painter who works in pastels, oils and charcoals, although pastels are her passion. Her pastel paintings have a depth of color and a unique luminosity of light and shadow that invoke a definitive mood in her work. Juliette brings to her pastel paintings some of the wonder that she feels when she comes upon an emotive scene and is able to transform that feeling into a painting. Her paintings include landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. However, Juliette, like the impressionists, is drawn to landscapes, and especially those that contain water. It could be the way light plays and reflects on the water’s surface or it could be the many varieties of color that can be found when gazing into water. But, something about water in its many forms calls to her creative desires. Also, like the impressionists, she uses color broadly to evoke mood within her paintings.
Her landscapes are peaceful, mesmerizing and they draw you into their own world.
Juliette is originally from Illinois and currently makes her home in St. Charles, Missouri, a small historic town along the Missouri River that boasts of Lewis and Clark encampments. Juliette was educated in the sciences and has a degree in Earth Science. Her educational and working experiences have continuously brought her into the landscape where her observations of nature’s color and light have impacted her painting style significantly. She has been studying and honing her painting skills for years.
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