Brian Mahieu
poetry of place
His visions have a poignant and sometimes somber “poetry of place” that appeals to the tendency to associate the rhythms of the natural environment with the rhythms of human life.Joan Stack, Ph.D
Curator of Art Collections The State Historical Society of Missouri
I am a plein air oil painter and colorist. Since living in Paris and visiting Giverny in 1987, I have signed my paintings with the date and time of completion in the field. No reworking in the studio. The mood of the landscape has always been of prime importance to me, and twilight paintings have been a focus. I am not concerned with, merely, creating pictures of a scene, rather I am creating aesthetic records of a moment in time and place. I use color and expressive brushwork to recreate the sensations I exerience while immersed in nature.
Photograph by Tom Harris
Living in the Pacific Northwest I have ample opportnity to experience moody, atmospheric lanscapes that particularly fit my painterly aesthetic. As an avid outdoorsman I have taken up backpacking and have begun a series of large works depicting the magnificent views I have experienced on my hikes—locations that are inaccessible to me with my heavy and unwieldy painting kit. These pieces require a new skill and a new luxury, working in the comfort of a studio, as well as outdoors. I am excited to share my new work with you.
—Brian Mahieu June, 2022
Brian Mahieu has owned or operated five art galleries in his career and has exhibited nationally in New York, Carmel, St Louis, Santa Cruz, Whidbey Island and more. His paintings are in public and private collections throughout the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom and Australia, including the contemporary artist collection of the State Historical Society of Missouri, and the Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri.
Featured Painting
Poppies and Asiatic Lilies—Midsummer
This painting captures the midsummer garden in it’s iridescent glory. California poppies, Oriental poppies, corn poppies and pale lavender poppies from Monet’s garden* mingle with lavender, Dianthus, Platycodon, and molten Asiatic lilies.*grown from seed collected from a compost pile at Giverny by a California...
Newest Works
Olympic Coast Series
A currently expanding collection
Brian Mahieu’s landscapes are stunning and haunting, and they capture the ethereal effects of atmosphere and changing light at twilight. . . . his work speaks to the human condition and universal experiences that viewers from diverse backgrounds can comprehend.Alisa M. Carlson, Ph.D.
Curator of European and American Art, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri
Avaliable Paintings
Abalone Skies—Daybreak At Shi Shi Beach
oil on canvas
30 X 48 inches
Foggy Sunrise—Point of the Arches
oil on canvas
30 X 48 inches
Foggy Morning—Olympic Coast
Oil on canvas
48 X 48 X 1.5 inches
Hall Of Mosses—Sun Breaks
Oil on canvas
36 X 48 X 1.5 inches
Maple Glade—Vernal Stream
oil on canvas
36 X 36 X 1.5 inches
Snowy Headland—Dusk 50% OFF
plein air oil on linen
20 X 30 inches