Julliette Carignan

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Julliette Carignan (born January 6, 1958) is a plein air oil painter of the Cape Ann tradition. She is known for her works that capture the landscapes of New England and French countrysides. She paints out of her studio in Belmont, MA.

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A Massachusetts native, Julliette received her Bachelors Degree in Art from the University of Lowell (MA) in 1980. She holds a B.S. degree in Biology and an M.S. in Engineering, also from University of Lowell. During her life she continued her artistic development through workshops, museum classes, and extensive painting. She studied with George Nick, Bob Gerbracht, T.M. Nicholas, David Curtis, Michael Dowling, Charlotte Wharton, and in France with Adam Cope.

After studying art history in London in 1979, Julliette returned to Europe in 1990 where she studied drawing and art. A student of the French language she returned to France several times in the 1990s and early 2000s where she painted some of her better known works.

Since 1990, Julliette exhibited in numerous juried shows. In 1994, Julliette accepted a year’s Artist Residency in Plymouth, MA. The paintings completed during her residency in Plymouth were exhibited in a solo show at Mingo Gallery in Beverly in 1994 and, along with new works, at the Marblehead Arts Association Gallery in 1995. In 1997, her work was selected by the Whistler House Museum of Art in Lowell for inclusion in the “Ten Women” exhibition of New England painters, and for the Harness Tracks of America national equine art exhibition in Lexington, Kentucky. Her work was also featured in Concord Art Association’s Plein Air Invitational in 1998 and Painter’s Invitational in 2000. In 2005, Julliette was invited to participate in the first Small Format Salon in Paris France, and in Belmont, Massachusetts new Gallery of Art’s Inaugural juried exhibition.

Her work is found in private collections in the United States and Europe.

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• Julliette Carignan, Belmont, Massachusetts USA