American Artist, Cheryl Johnson is best known for her strong use of color, and intuitive mark making. Resonating with the Abstract Expressionists, as well as the language of figurative painting, Johnson’s art consist of abstract paintings more often made of mixed media, oil, acrylic, industrial materials; latex, flashe. Combining brushwork with bold splashes and drips of color that encompasses mark making that is poetic and gracefully formed and at times boldly colored––that emerge in an uncanny, perfect balance. Her large-scale paintings investigate the potential of big, aggressive brushstrokes and vivid color to convey emotion.
Johnson’s subjects range from abstract themes inspired equally by the landscapes to intimate figurative studies and poignant faces. By presenting two suites of paintings from her disparate styles in dialogue with one another, Cheryl Johnson will offer viewers a concise and rare opportunity to examine how one artist explores media, technique and style — developmentally, artistically, and spiritually — through two seemingly oppositional, but nonetheless complementary, bodies of work.
CHERYL JOHNSON
Artist and Writer in Charlotte, North Carolina
Eternal optimist.
Artist, writer, photographer, and Imagineer. I paint emotions, people, places and things. I write about Feelings. I am an American Abstract Expressionist Painter and Photographer.
Changing the world one great idea at a time.
As Ansel Adams says... “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
And to quote my favorite painter, Joan Mitchell. "Feeling is something more; it’s feeling your existence. It’s not just survival. Painting is a means of feeling- really ”living”…
“My philosophy is a very simple one: I believe in creativity, imagination, and self-expression. I am a painter. I think art can have something important to say about the human condition. At its best, and in any era, great painting is exciting. It can take us somewhere we remember or haven’t been before, provoking us into new areas of thought and feeling."
I aspire to create art that is beautiful, exquisitely crafted, and that forces us to change how we experience the spaces we share with the art.
I AM A PAINTER. I want my work to exude joy, celebration, measured clarity and a sense of self. - I WANT TO SHARE A MOMENTS PLEASURE. Cheryl
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