Posts Tagged: oil painting

existing & ceasing to exist
76″x41″ – oil, ash, and thread on canvas

NJ Emerging Artist Series solo show, “Grid Paintings”
Images of the Nilson Gallery at Monmouth Museum in Lincroft, NJ, currently hosting a cohesive body of paintings by Michael Burris Johnson

NJ Emerging Artist Series solo show, “Grid Paintings”
Images of the Nilson Gallery at Monmouth Museum in Lincroft, NJ, currently hosting a cohesive body of paintings by Michael Burris Johnson

The Bloke
This is a painting that is close to my heart – before I finished it today I walked outside with my dogs, thinking about bringing the painting to a close, and all over my house, were hundreds of lady bugs.

The Bloke
This is a painting that is close to my heart – before I finished it today I walked outside with my dogs, thinking about bringing the painting to a close, and all over my house, were hundreds of lady bugs.

Night & Morning – Sir Edwin Landseer
Saw these paintings at the Philadelphia Museum today – really enjoyed the parable sort of narrative and choices that the painter made.

Night & Morning – Sir Edwin Landseer
Saw these paintings at the Philadelphia Museum today – really enjoyed the parable sort of narrative and choices that the painter made.

September Rain Storm
New Could painting – September Rain Storm – http://www.michaelburrisjohnson.com

September Rain Storm
New Could painting – September Rain Storm – http://www.michaelburrisjohnson.com

Passages on the Grid
Passages on the Grid 3 modes of thought FOREWORD This writing is an exercise of reflection on the grid as a form of expression in painting. The distinctions that are created in this writing are distinctions that

Passages on the Grid
Passages on the Grid 3 modes of thought FOREWORD This writing is an exercise of reflection on the grid as a form of expression in painting. The distinctions that are created in this writing are distinctions that

Pollux & Castor (Gemini)
A painting of the Gemini constellation in the night sky, the twins Pollux and Castor. I’m interested in exploring the way order is imposed on an otherwise vast continuity – in this case the chaos of the night sky becomes

Pollux & Castor (Gemini)
A painting of the Gemini constellation in the night sky, the twins Pollux and Castor. I’m interested in exploring the way order is imposed on an otherwise vast continuity – in this case the chaos of the night sky becomes