Jean Galli
C W O S ARTIST
Other media: Mixed media, Color pencil
Jean Bronson Galli
332 West Lake Ave.
Guilford, CT 06437
Phone: 203 913 3187
Website: http://www.jeanbronsongalli.com
Artist Statement
Faces are my passion. When I walk down a crowded street, I often find myself staring at people's faces. When one catches my eye, I imagine how I would capture that person on canvas in bold strokes of color and light.
When I was young, I drew faces on napkins and everything else I could get my hands on. I gazed at art books for hours and copied portraits by old masters with my beginner's set of oil paints. At age 10, I won an award for my portrait rendering of President Kennedy for a school project.
Though faces remain my passion, in recent years I have expanded my subjects to include figurative and wildlife paintings. My goal is always to draw viewers in, create a feeling when they look at the colors, the texture, and the expressions - the whole composition reaching out to inspire imagination, create a mood, and ultimately tell a story.
Selected Works
|  Untitled in Green - 2009 - Acrylic on canvas - 30x30  Untitled in Red - 2009 - Acrylic on canvas - 30x30in  Gallery - 2009 - Acrylic/oil on canvas - 30x24in  Mirrors - 2006 - Acrylic - 30" x 20"  Reflections 3 - 2008 - Mixed Media - 14" x 11"  Flash #2 - 2007 - Mixed Media - 15" x 10.5"  Bison Four - 2010 - acrylic/oil on canvas - 30x24in  First Snow - 2011 - Acrylic/oil on linen - 20x20in  Untitled in Blue - 2011 - acrylic/oil on canvas - 24x48in  Untitled Male - 2011 - Acrylic and Oil - 30x24in |
Artist Bio
Jean Bronson Galli's paintings have appeared in gallery exhibitions and other venues throughout Connecticut, including the John Slade Ely House and Creative Arts Workshop's Nationally Juried Exhibitions in New Haven, the Jorgensen Gallery, located at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Six Summit Gallery in Ivoryton, Mystic Art Center in Mystic, and City Lights Gallery in Bridgeport.
Jean is the recipient of numerous awards and recognition for her work. In 2007 she won the prestigious Connecticut Women Artists Council Award – CWA Annual Open Juried Exhibition, and in 2008, won juror Daniel Greene's Juror Award for her painting Mirrors – The Portrait, New Haven Brush and Palette Club Juried Exhibition. Her portraits have also been featured in numerous Connecticut publications, and she was the feature artist in the New Haven Register for the 2008 City-Wide Open Studios.
Jean is a member of Connecticut Women Artists, Art Council of New Haven, ArtSpace's CWOS, Guilford Art Center, and City Lights Gallery.