Short Bio
Images, creating, and visual learning were aspects of my childhood. Early on I knew I wanted to study art. I followed that passion to a B.A. in Fine Art, M.A in Art Education, and a career as an art educator and visual artist.
Statement
Transitioning in life and art…My 2019 move from the foothills of Colorado to the city San Francisco has influenced the making of my art.
At this moment in time I know this about what I create:
It is mostly abstract.
It is evolving.
It is made of acrylic and collage with lots of layers.
It uses shape, color, value and texture to captivate the eye and mind.
It is a human endeavor that in big and small ways reflects life.
I’ve always liked images. Like a good piece of music, they just keep playing on in my mind. As a painter, this affinity for images has mixed with a fascination of putting down paint—a wedding of picture and surface. The paint surface is as important to me as the subject and arrangement of shapes. The brushing, scraping, and layering are meant to hold your eye as if looking into a tide pool, or at the marbled surface of stone.
Biography
With an undergraduate degree in Fine Art from the University of Northern Iowa, (1971), an Education Degree from the University of Colorado, (1978), and a Masters in Art Education from the University of Northern Colorado, (1981), Jean Brodie conducted 26 years as an art educator in Jefferson County Public Schools, Golden, Colorado.Upon closing that chapter of her life, Ms. Brodie began to focus on what she could learn and do as a painter. In 2003 she began classes at the Art Students League of Denver. Kevin Weckbach, Quang Ho, and Mark Nelson were her instructors at A.S.L.D.
Until this past year Jean Brodie worked in her Colorado studio, showing work in regional shows and galleries. In 2019 with a move to the Bay Area, she set up a painting studio in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. Her work can be viewed at the website www.jeanbrodie.com
Resume / CV
Cherry Creek Art Gallery, Pop-up show, Denver, CO, Aug. 2019Rendezvous Paint Out, Winter Park, Honorable Mention, Sept. 2018
Rocky Mountain National Watermedia, Sept. 2017
Foothills Art Center, National Watermedia Show, Honorable Mention, Sept. 2016
Lone Tree Art Expo, Lone Tree, CO, October-November 2015
Foothills Art Center Member Show, Golden, CO, June 2015
Soul Struck, juried show, Space Gallery, Denver, CO, April 2015
Paint, two woman show, Von Tornow Gallery, Denver, CO, October 2014
All CO Show, Curtis Art Center, 3rd Place, Greenwood Village, CO, 2011
Colorado Artist’s Guild, 1st Place Watermedia, Spark Gallery, Denver fall 2010
One Thing Leads to Another, Evergreen Art Center, fall 2009
Voices, 821 Gallery, spring 2008
Foothills National Watercolor Show, Golden, CO, summer 2008
DIA Colorado Art, April 2008-January 2009
CWS State Show, Arvada Center, summer 2007
Western Federation WS32, summer 2007
Scapes, ASLD, fall 2006
Paint, Sculpt, Shoot Evergreen, fall 2006, Second Place Painting Award
Two Woman Show, 45 Degrees Gallery, Arvada, CO, fall 2006
Colorado Watercolor Society State Watermedia, spring 2006
Western Federation WS31, spring 2006
Botanic Gardens CWS Show, fall 2005
Paint Our Town, ASLD, spring 2004, Triangle Award
Art and Soul, Art Students League of Denver (ASLD), winter 2004
Professional Organizations--
Cherry Creek Art Gallery, 2019
Art Students League of Denver, 2003-2019
Colorado Watercolor Society, signature member, 2003-2009