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Terrence Rogers Fine Art is pleased to
present a new show of paintings by With this new figurative work, Mitchell Johnson melds his interest in the Bay Area and New York figurative schools, with landscape painting and travel. Through the lens of personal experience, Johnson focuses these influences to form his own language for painting the figure. Johnson’s bold use of color and gesture are reminiscent of David Park, while his subject matter hints at the intimacy of Pierre Bonnard. Featured in this exhibit are paintings of bathers at the beach in France and Denmark, and workers on the roadside in Italy. Included also are a group of brightly colored street scenes inspired by beach resort towns in Denmark. Mr. Johnson received his Bachelors Degree from Randolph-Macon College in 1986, and in 1990 his M.F.A. from Parson’s School of Design. At Parson’s he studied with Paul Resika, Leland Bell, Larry Rivers and Robert DeNiro, Sr. In 1990 he moved to Palo Alto to become a studio assistant for Sam Francis and in 1992 studied with Wolf Kahn at the Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts. His work is included in over 200 private collections and in the permanent collection of ten US museums including the Oakland Museum, the Laguna Art Museum, the Frederick R. Weisman Museum at Pepperdine University and the Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe. Mr. Johnson divides his time between Northern California, Italy and France. Mitchell Johnson has been represented by Terrence Rogers for over ten years. This will be his fourth solo exhibition in Santa Monica. |