November 2024 - Guest Artist: Jane Johnson

COMING SOON! 

MEMORIES OF NATURE: Abstract Expression Paintings by Jane Johnson

Show Dates:  October 29 - November 29

Meet the Artists Reception and First Friday Gallery Stroll November 1, 5-8 pm

About Jane C. Johnson

I have always created. Like most children my first audience was my family, there I gained recognition and my first taste of success. I continued working in the visual arts all through college trying every medium. Even though I seemed destined for an art major, kismet sent me on a pivotal journey to the Pacific Rim for a year of school as part of an Asian Studies major. That experience and subsequent love for Japanese aesthetics and philosophy has had a profound influence on my artistic expression. I settled on acrylics after working extensively with watercolors. I find acrylics to be versatile, vibrant, and quick to dry, all of which suits my process. My paintings are inspired by nature, play, the moment, and problem resolution. They represent balance, fearlessness, strength, and optimism. I begin each painting by choosing my colors and a feeling I would like to express, then I go for it, painting quickly before the acrylic dries. As I paint, I pay attention to the parts and whole at the same time until balance is achieved. I paint on canvas and Yupo paper, a synthetic surface, using different tools to apply the paint; brushes, brayers, fingers, squeegees, pouring. Through my art I strive to achieve spirit made manifest. My successful career as a painter began with my first show in 1996. Since then, I have participated in hundreds of shows around the country and won numerous awards. My husband and I currently split our time between Port Charlotte, Florida, and Marquette, Michigan in the Upper Peninsula, where we enjoy spending time with our family.

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