Daryl D. Johnson Artist

Described by Art New England magazine as “…gestural realist landscapes with the overall effect of speeding through layers of lighted space,” my oil paintings on canvas are a colorful tribute to the back roads and vistas from which I get inspiration while motorcycling. Shifting water patterns and rising transient clouds reflect nature’s energy in my oil paintings. The views are familiar, but the subtext is the underlying chi, the sweeping momentum. The earth “breathes” in and out with compositions of uplifting shapes. Light dances from mountain top to cloud droplets to ocean to beach. I enjoy kayaking, gardening and motorcycling during which I gather visions for compositions. BIO Daryl D. Johnson was born in Manhattan, grew up in the suburbs of NYC and moved to New Hampshire in 1988. Johnson has a BFA from Hope College in Michigan, and studied at the Vermont Studio School and The Art Students League of New York. She maintains a studio in New Orleans, LA. "I was truly struck by the simple elegance and deep spiritual message within each of your paintings that both captured and radiated a world of sublime possibilities.” — Annabel Beerel, Author, “Mindfulness: A Better You, a Better Me, A Better World”