Drawing and Painting

photo by Manuela Soares

I love to draw and paint.  Sometimes I work with still objects like fruits or flowers.    Other times I draw or paint images of people and animals.  Several years ago I did a series of drawings of my Wheaton Terrier, Willy.  I framed one of those drawings and hung it on the wall in my kitchen.  Willy passed away a few years ago, but I remember that sweet dog every time I see that drawing. 

My favorite way of doing art is to draw and paint out-of-doors.  I’ve painted scenes in many countries – Italy, Mexico, England, Ireland, and of course the United States.  I also enjoy drawing musicians while they play or sing.  This kind of drawing is very challenging because the musicians are moving.  I try to draw to the music.  The drawing of a rock musician has lots of short, jagged lines.  A drawing of a violinist playing a slow classical piece is made with long, slow lines. Recently I’ve been doing drawings of my baby granddaughter.  She is another model who is always moving!

ART RESUME

Jeanne Betancourt studied drawing and painting at the Art Students League, New York Studio School, and Parsons School of Design in New York City, as well as the Fine Art Works Center in Provincetown and at the studios of Joan Griswold (Great Barrington, Ma.) and Ophrah Sempesi (New York City).  Jeanne has exhibited at the National Academy of Design and The Art Students League in New York City, the Twentieth Century Gallery in Hudson, New York, at galleries in Great Barrington and Sheffield, Massachusetts, and at the Pelar Gallery in Greenport, New York.  Her work has been awarded prizes by the Sheffield Art League and The Art Students League.

Painting Galleries

Landscapes - Orient, NY
In the Pail
Other Animals