Jeanne Rosier Smith
Jeanne Rosier Smith is best known for her seascapes, and also landscapes, still life, and portrait. In addition to the paintings on display at the gallery, Jeanne will accept commissioned work to create a work of fine art according to the specifications of the client at hand.
Jeanne has been represented exclusively on Cape Cod for the last decade at Gallery 31 Fine Art. Her love of the sea and the roar of the mighty Atlantic lure her back to the Nauset Shore and Cape Cod Bay again and again. Sand dunes, quiet meadows
In 2018, the Museum of Fine Art in Boston called upon Jeanne to serve as Educational Consultant for their esteemed 19th century pastel exhibit. This included Artist Talks and Painting Demonstrations. The demos were painted by Jeanne in the style and using the materials available to these 19th century greats — including Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, and others.
Smith has earned numerous top awards in pastel, including being juried in as a Master Artist of the coveted Copley Society of Boston, juried Signature Status in the Pastel Society of America and the American Society of Marine Artists, membership in the Salmagundi Club in New York City, as well as Eminent Pastelist of the International Association of Pastel Societies. Her art hangs in collections in six continents.
Jeanne is a regular contributor to The Pastel Journal magazine and has won many awards and been featured in many articles therein. Two leading pastel manufacturers — Terry Lugwig Pastels and Richeson Pastels — have product lines featuring Jeanne’s chosen colors among their available popular offerings. Her teaching and workshops are available through epiphanyfineart.com.
Gallery 31 Fine Art is proud to represent Jeanne’s fine art and to be a decade-plus gallery of choice for Jeanne’s pastel paintings on Cape Cod.
Landscape and Still Life Artist in Soft Pastel
Summer Guard 10 x 8
Internationally acclaimed award-winning artist Jeanne Rosier Smith grew up in Maryland, studied English, French, and art at Georgetown University and at the New Jersey Center for Visual Art as well as the DuCret School of Art in New Jersey. After earning her PhD in English at Tufts and spending ten years teaching college English, she began painting professionally with a full-time art career in 2005. In addition to teaching art workshops in the US and abroad, Jeanne paints primarily in sort pastel, a medium which she commands with great control. In June 2022 Jeanne was awarded the title of Eminent Pastelist by the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) at their convention in Albuquerque, NM.
Home Stretch 16 x 36
Sea Breeze 18 x 36 Pastel
Blush 8 x 8
Cape Blues 8 x 8
Morning Warmth 12 x 16 pastel . Where the sea meets the shore depicted in early morning light.
Sand Between My Toes pastel 9 x 12
Saturday, 8 x 10. Pastel
Shimmer and Glow 16 x 12 Pastel
Crystal Sea 8 x 8 Pastel
Harvest Moon 24 x 14 Pastel
“Where sea meets shore I find a clash of opposites — motion and stillness, wet and dry, warm and cool — and also a place of light, life, and turning tides. Constant change in light, tides, winds, and the rhythm of the seasons also promise the infinite. I find the sea to be both a natural expression of our human world, and a healing balm for it. ”
Floating in Blue 20 x 16 Pastel
Smith is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America, the Connecticut Pastel Society and the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, a Copley Master of the Copley Society in Boston, as well as a member of New York's Salmagundi Club and Academic Artists. A recent honor was the opportunity to demonstrate in pastel at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston as part of the activities for the William Merritt Chase and French Impressionists’ exhibitions. Jeanne has published numerous articles in the Pastel Journal, a publication of F + W Media, International Artist Magazine, and The American Art Collector. Her pastel paintings have been chosen to be among the 100 Best for several years running in the magazine's international juried competition. Her latest took first place in landscape for a wave painting of the national seashore on Cape Cod.
Child’s Play.
Dawn’s Early Light 8 x 8 Pastel
Kicking Back 8 x 8 Pastel
“ Nature’s beauty and our connection to it inspire my painting, and the sea most of all continues to draw me to its shore, again and again.”
Click here to view the Artist Profile on Jeanne in Cape Cod Life’s ART edition for 2019
Like all the Gallery 31 Fine Art artists, Jeanne's sole gallery on Cape Cod is Gallery 31 Fine Art.
“Jeanne Rosier Smith also creates paintings on a commission basis for collectors who have a special idea in mind. Contact the gallery director to inquire.”