June Johnson

Artist Statement:

My first painting was a highly textured image with three heads that looked very much like the Beatles. It was 1964 and I had just seen them on the Ed Sullivan show. 
My paintings are inspired by my experiences in life...and vary in approach whether I am painting directly from life or not. Sometimes, I paint as I see and other times I paint just to see where the process takes me.
I have been influenced by figurative abstract painters as well as the Impressionists. 



 

Education:

MFA University of Cincinnati
MA Central Washington University

Awards & Distinctions:

First in Show, Magnolia Art Juried Show Seattle, WA
Museum of Art, Painting Invitational, Evansville, IN
Honorable Mention


 

Exhibitions:

Outskirts Gallery, Hope, ID group show 2009
Stage Right, Sandpoint, ID, two man show 2008
One Woman, Church of our Good Shepard, Brier, WA 2007
Invitational, Art of Our Mothers, Edmonds, WA 2007
Studio Tour, Edmonds,WA 2007
Marni Muir Gallery, Edmonds, WA 2006
FACE, Invitational, Edmonds,WA 2004
Magnolia Art Show, Juried show, 1st Place 2004
Pacific Art Group Gallery, Kirkland, WA
COCA, Juried Show, 1996
Olympic Music Festival, two woman show, 1994
Artist's Portfolio, Charlottesville, VA 1980
Drawing Invitational, CWSU. 1978
Evansville, In. Museum invitational, 1978
Cincinnati Six, Dayton Art Museum, 1977

 

Professional/Teaching Experience:

Indiana State University, Evansville, IN, Painting and Drawing
University of Virginia, Associate Professor, Painting

Artistic Influences:

French Impressionists
Abstract Expressionists

Tags:

abstract, painting, mixed media, drawing, vintage cars