Juanita Bellavance Landscape Paintings

“Back from the prairie” 36 x 36 inches is a one-of-a-kind original, modern, landscape impressionist painting by Juanita Bellavance. In this highly expressive abstract work, Juanita combined earthy browns and green tones with navy blue and neutral whites. In the nature-inspired painting the viewer is invited into an experience of moving from desolation to a refreshing sense of spring. About the artist: Juanita Bellavance uses her mastery of color and technique to create abstract landscape impressionism and abstract expressionist paintings. Having previously majored in music with a focus on performance, Juanita enjoys the freedom abstract forms of modern music and abstract art provide. She wanted to go beyond recording the obvious. The subject has changed but the depth of emotion remains. As with music that comes from the heart and moves the soul, her intention to create emotional impact remains the same. Her paintings are a visual removal of chaos and disorder to quieten the noise of the environment. There is a deep desire to create an instant of pause and connection such that a feeling is experienced. There are layers of history within each painting that lingers on the surface, leaving a richness beyond the obvious. "In college, I once went to an Atlanta Symphony concert where there was a guest vocal soloist. She performed a modern piece where she used her voice to make the piano strings vibrate and sound as part of the melody. She held the entire audience spellbound. Throughout the performance, you could have heard a pin drop. She did it with such mastery and it was so unexpected to hear something that stellar at that point in my life that I leaped to my feet to applaud at the end. I almost never gave standing ovations...

Contemporary fictive landscape with shape and color as pathways to the imagination. Evoking memories, awe and wonder with its autumn colors of blue, orange, green and yellow. Origi...

Contemporary fictive landscape with shape and color as pathways to the imagination. Evoking memories, awe and wonder with its summer colors of blue, pink, green and white. Original...

This contemporary abstract painting derived from a prayer where I asked the spirit of God to make a painting through my hand. The yellow offers the shining light whereas the blue ha...

This impression of rushing waters ending in a calm pool of blue has a sense of almost wild freedom yet contained ultimately. The coral shapes seem like flora along the banks and th...

Spring and summer are so nice with trees filled with green leaves. At the beginning of September I found some time to kayak on the Chestatee River I’ve made so many paintings about....

This painting reminds me of a quaint town where a blue stream runs through the middle. The buildings beyond are grayed with fog. The building nearest the foreground has coral impre...

The water was so green at 11:00 AM on January 29. It's interesting how very blue it can be one day and very green the next. It's also interesting how still the water was in this s...

That January Wednesday at 6 PM the dim light on the sandy riverbank created a wonderful blue cast on the wettest areas of the sand. There was the pull of the color across the sandy c...

It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence. ~ C.S. Lewis⁣ ⁣ The day I was so captivated by this dirt I had not heard this quote...

So many activities are available around a river. My family enjoys hiking a lot. I can't wait until summer when my family in New England comes down with the children. They will lov...

Entangled branches intrigue me as much as entangled grasses. I'm realizing now that I've enjoyed taking photographs throughout my life that included the up-close branches I'm lookin...