CAROLYN BRUNELLE

Carolyn Brunelle is a Minneapolis native. She studied art at the University of Minnesota with Malcom Myers, and at Hamline University with James Conaway and Steve Hartman. She’s currently working with Minneapolis painter and arts educator Hazel Belvo. She has exhibited her paintings regularly over the past 30 years, winning a number of awards. Her work is included in numerous private and local corporate collections throughout the region including Capital One Financial Services, Leonard, Street and Deinard, Piper Jaffray, IDS Financial Services, Saint Paul Companies, Lindquist & Vennum, Wells Fargo, Plymouth Congregational Church and Minnehaha Academy.

Carolyn is represented by Groveland Gallery. 

She currently lives in Golden Valley and maintains a studio in the Creative Enterprise Zone of Saint Paul.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work is a combination of plan, chance and imagination. I layer acrylic paint, then sand and scrape the surface of the canvas to see what is revealed. It is a subconscious connection between experimentation and artistic judgement. It is an act of faith. Creating art is not static. I relate to the unexpected, the surprise that keeps me on my toes.

So it follows my latest works are abstractions, full of color and movement, sometimes relating to land or water.