The artist in the White Mountains, NH circa 1988 with their 1982 BMW R80 named "Schwarz" all loaded with camping equipment Above: © 1991 Daryl D. Johnson, Wind & Ash — Mt. Washington, Oils on Canvas, 32 x 54″ My husband and I did a lot [...]
I'm participating in The Sketchbook Project run by the Brooklyn Art Library in my birthplace, New York City. Artists purchase a sketchbook from them, use any medium, then register and submit their sketchbook to this Global Art Library. "We are more than just a project. We are [...]
Last year I was sorting through books, doing a hard cull down before packing to move. The art books were the toughest to let go. I had so many, and inherited even more from my Mom several years ago. Her collection included Asian Art, art from Latin America, [...]
Visual artists are surrounded with art - mostly their own - and I am always curious what creations from other artists catch their eye and become part of their collection. Discerning eyes. This post is about a particular piece in my collection. When I was 10 years old [...]
© Daryl D. Johnson, Shifting, Oils on Canvas, 32 x 54" It was a giant shift in climate, latitude and attitude. I moved to New Orleans from New Hampshire a few months ago. How did that come to be? My husband started listening to WWOZ, the jazz station [...]
(Featured Painting: Painting in the Gallery during my show "Vibrant Vistas". 30x40" Oils on Canvas. May 2019) I like to work from photos I have taken and lots of time people send me images of clouds that they have shot and given me permission to use. The composition [...]
© Daryl D. Johnson Northeast Air Oils on canvas 10 x 20" I often work from photos I have taken of skies, tree lines, marshes, tidelands. In the midst of mixing colors, pouring mediums, stretching canvas and all the other steps of preparing and using materials to create [...]
Went birding at Plum Island, Northern Shore of MA a few days ago. It was really the best weather one can expect in New England in February. I love the textures of the grasses and wild beach plum shrubs in winter. Most of the island is part of [...]
Brushstrokes: Footprints to Understanding Wondering what the brushwork that provides the texture, direction, depth of paint, etc. on a canvas surface can help tell the story of a piece. Artists have a lot of tools to use: color, composition, subject matter, perspective... The brush can leave an expressive [...]
How do I move thru a painting towards completion? While studying the piece, I ask questions...in no particular order: — What is the story here? — A coming storm? — An inhale / exhale? — A conflict, a resolution? — Momentum? — A sigh of relaxation? — Are [...]
