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Mark Johnston
“My paintings are stimulated by nature - landscapes primitive power and energy, all its
connotations of darkness and light. The importance of an improvised and intuitive process
opens paintings up to a haunting and mysterious quality outside of time.”
“The work is taking longer as layers build up like sediment, ambiguity is part of their
power. It’s the process of painting that is the real buzz. Using landscape as a starting
point the painting gets under way, I react immediately and instinctively to keep the work
alive, conscious of what the paint is doing as well as what I want the paint to do. The
end is not planned until the painting has a mystique and soul of its own.”
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Raw Ground
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Blue Light Over Land
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Having previously worked and lived in Barcelona and Greece, Mark Johnston now paints from
his studio in Brighton. Born in the North East of England 1974, his landscape paintings
are heavily influence by the moors of his place of birth and his current surroundings of
the south downs. Marks work has been exhibited widely in the UK including The Fairfax
Gallery’s, Beaux Arts, and the Belgrave Gallery.
Please contact Artizan Editions for more information.
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