About
I strive to convey color as I see it, line as it forms shape, and imagery that allows for storytelling, beauty and energy.
I consider myself as a teaching artist because I am an art teacher, but an artist first. My style of getting ready to paint is to research all available information on my ideas which usually start with a historical reference to women writers, illustrators, and artists. I especially love the way the ancient male driven philosophers and the Bible have stories about strong women- goddesses, saints, whores, and sinners that continue to be represented in some ways that is both profound and wonderful. Seeing the Melusina or double-fish tailed woman as the logo for Starbucks always makes me smile. History is fascinating in the way it hid women as masters of their craft (writers, dancers, philosophers, and artists) behind their male counterparts. Now, through my art, I can exclaim over them and make connections with them through their work.
The photo was taken at Robert Doak & Associates in Brooklyn, NYC., an amazing place for art materials!
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Gow. M. (Arts Correspondent). SPA overflows with art: 'Rock Solid XIX' and more.( 2019, Sept. 21) Times Argus
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In “Humanity: No Fear of the Other and the Good Life,” in the Third Floor Gallery, viewers come face to face with the compelling women of Damariscotta Rouelle’s new paintings. This new body of work, Rouelle explains in her artist’s statement, “reflects my interest in the uniqueness of identity in each of us and knowing the Good Life.”
Rouelle worked for over a year on the paintings in the show, knowing that they would be shown in her solo show at SPA.
At first, she, notes, her inspirations were technical, “getting the look that I was intending,” and she took weekly photographs documenting the work and, “ to see how the pieces evolved as my inspirations and ideas changed.
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Through the year, Rouelle found, “continuing inspiration from artists, stories, history, and this changed how my paintings started in my sketchbook as well as mimics how our identity changes as we are subjected to humanity and all that it offers and acquires.”