Johanne Brouillette is a Canadian abstract painter who has been living and working out of her studio located just North of Montréal for almost 30 years. The artist studied and painted figurative landscapes in oil for 20 years but chose to never exhibit or sell her artwork. Feeling bored and considering giving up her painting altogether, she finally decided to attend an abstract workshop in 2016 and immediately found her new passion. She has since taken numerous workshops, specialized courses and residencies and continues to perfect her art to this day. Inspired by Québec Automatistes painters such as Riopelle, Borduas and Ferron, she has found freedom of expression in abstraction pursued through automatism: an instinctive, unpremeditated form of creating art, and has created a fresh language all her own. 

The artist is a jury elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists and the Federation of Canadian Artists. Her abstract paintings have been included in over 80 regional, national and international juried exhibits and have been awarded several prizes. In 2019, her art appeared in the Art Edit section of House & Garden Magazine in the United Kingdom and was featured in Issue 15 of Spotlight Contemporary Art Magazine, in France. Selected by Folio Annual as one of the best emerging abstract artists of 2019, and 2020 her artworks were published in their inaugural book in the Spring of 2020. In July 2020 she was awarded the Antoinette Stevens Award “Best in Show” by the Society of Canadian Artists. Her work is represented in galleries as well as private and corporate collections worldwide. 

My artistic approach is inspired by my love of nature, specifically the seasonal changes  I observe on my daily walks in the forest. My style is intuitive and gestural, and I enjoy continuously experimenting with various mediums and techniques, exploring textures, colours and layers. Sensitive and emotional, I try to capture the essence these feelings that surround me in my everyday life and translate them onto my paintings. I enjoy creating impasto effects with palette knives and spatulas as well as using oil, cold wax and various dry mark making tools.