Several years ago I moved from the big sky of Montana to the big city of Atlanta. I had been working as a graphic artist and painting sporadically when I could find the time. Not long after moving, the path of my career was forever altered -- from a computer in a cubicle to managing an admired art gallery. I met the most amazing artists, clients and lovers of art who encouraged me to pursue my painting. That was the spark, I’ve been painting professionally since 2010. Artist Statement Lynn Johnson is an American born contemporary artist. She combines a love for drawing and mark making with her signature broad brushstrokes to create abstracted florals. Inspired by work of the great abstract expressionist artists — Joan Mitchell, Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Fairfield Porter, David Park — she is driven to keep moving forward, ever experimenting with new approaches to her work and practice, building upon a style uniquely her own. Working predominantly in oils, Lynn’s artistic process begins with making marks, lines and adding washes of color. There are no mistakes or plans, it’s free and all about movement and gestures… messy, spontaneous, impulsive. It’s a dialogue of sorts between intuition and practice, one of creating layers, opacity and transparency. She prefers to keep her palette limited and her work large scale. Her composition reveals itself as she carves out shapes and forms as they appear and recede on the surface. “I am not gentle or delicate in my approach to painting. I slap paint on the surface, pour it, scrape it, push it, and move it around with my fingers.” Growing up in a family that traveled and moved around a lot, Lynn’s earliest artistic pursuits were with her camera and sketchpad, painting sporadically with gouache and acrylics. She received her BFA from Iowa State University College of Art and began work as a graphic artist. Her career path would be forever altered when she moved from Montana to Georgia in 2000 and soon after began managing an admired art gallery in Atlanta. “I met the most amazing artists, clients and lovers of all things art who encouraged me to pursue my painting. That was the spark, I’ve been painting professionally since 2010.” Lynn Johnson is a full time painter living in suburban Atlanta. Her work has been exhibited in public and private collections throughout the United States and is often described as calming, serene and feminine. Selected Exhibitions 2018October | Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, FL | New WorksSeptember | Gallery Vibe, Naples FL | Introductions/New WorksSeptember | Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta GA | Three-personMay | Shain Gallery, Charlotte NC | Lynn Johnson & Eric Olsen - Two-personMarch | Jules Place Gallery, Boston MA | Introductions/New Works 2017October | Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, FL | New WorksAugust | Shain Gallery, Charlotte NC | Lynn Johnson & Emily Ozier - Two-personJune | Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta GA | Women in Art - GroupFebruary | E.Rivers School Annual Auction & Gala, Atlanta GA 2016October | Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, FL | New WorksMarch | Shain Gallery, Charlotte, NC | SoloMarch | Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens FL | New Works 2015October | Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens FL | Introductions/New WorkJune | Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta GA | Lynn Johnson & Christy KinardMay | The Shain Gallery, Charlotte NC | Lynn Johnson & Kim ShuesslerMarch | Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta GA | Gallery Artists 2014October | Cynthia Packard, Figurative & Still Life Workshop | Atlanta, GASeptember | Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta GA | Southern Artists - GroupJune | Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta GA | Best in Show - GroupMarch | Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta GA | White - Four-person 2013September | Shain Gallery, Charlotte NC | Lynn Johnson & Karen HollingsworthMay | Shain Gallery, Charlotte NC | Introductions/New WorksMarch | Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta GA | Best In Show - Group 2012June | Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta GA | Women In Art - GroupMarch | Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta GA | Best In Show - Group 2011April | Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta GA | April Showers - Group 2010August | Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta GA | Emerging Artists - Group Selected Press Artist Spotlight, The Avid Penhttps://theavidpen.com/lynn-johnson-artist-spotlight/ Local Stories, Voyage ATLhttp://voyageatl.com/interview/meet-lynn-johnson/