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* CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON (b. 1961), LOOKING WEST FROM MORAR TOWARDS RHUM
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* CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON (b. 1961), LOOKING WEST FROM MORAR TOWARDS RHUM
image size 15cm x 64cm, overall size 37cm x 84cm
mixed media on paper, signed, titled label verso
mounted, framed and under glass
image size 15cm x 64cm, overall size 37cm x 84cm
Exhibition label verso: Christopher Johnson - Recent Work, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Sept. 12th - Oct. 8th 1992
Note: Christopher Johnson was born in 1961, the son of a Rhodesian farmer and teacher. After completing a Master of Fine Arts Degree at Rhodes University in South Africa, he swapped an earlier career as a portrait painter for his increasing interest in landscape and figure painting. This combination, found in his African Bus Stop series, often shares the humour and energy of the urban landscape. In 1989, he left Africa for the UK which has become the springboard for frequent and extensive travels to the subjects which move him most. Working in front of the motif, he will often shuttle the painting between the subject and the studio until it is resolved. The works from these journeys often refer in spirit to painters who have informed his progress towards abstract figuration from David Bomberg, Nicholas de Stael, Milton Avery and Willem de Kooning. Exhibiting broadly in the United Kingdom, he has also shown in America, Australia, South Africa and Europe.
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* CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON (b. 1961), LOOKING WEST FROM MORAR TOWARDS RHUM
image size 15cm x 64cm, overall size 37cm x 84cm
mixed media on paper, signed, titled label verso
mounted, framed and under glass
image size 15cm x 64cm, overall size 37cm x 84cm
Exhibition label verso: Christopher Johnson - Recent Work, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Sept. 12th - Oct. 8th 1992
Note: Christopher Johnson was born in 1961, the son of a Rhodesian farmer and teacher. After completing a Master of Fine Arts Degree at Rhodes University in South Africa, he swapped an earlier career as a portrait painter for his increasing interest in landscape and figure painting. This combination, found in his African Bus Stop series, often shares the humour and energy of the urban landscape. In 1989, he left Africa for the UK which has become the springboard for frequent and extensive travels to the subjects which move him most. Working in front of the motif, he will often shuttle the painting between the subject and the studio until it is resolved. The works from these journeys often refer in spirit to painters who have informed his progress towards abstract figuration from David Bomberg, Nicholas de Stael, Milton Avery and Willem de Kooning. Exhibiting broadly in the United Kingdom, he has also shown in America, Australia, South Africa and Europe.
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