Cheryl Johnson was born on February 12, 1947, in Kellogg, Idaho. She is a painter who explores the connection between realism and abstraction, balancing bold gestural art with sensitive expression. Johnson completed her BA in 1969 at Oral Roberts University, Tulsa. Resonating with Abstract Expressionists, her non-objective and figurative early works transitioned into abstract representational themes. Johnson’s work is inspired by world travels as well as the landscape and cultures of her homes in North Carolina, Hawaii and her Idaho birthplace as well as her Finnish heritage.
Johnson's transcendent eye propels her to explore the emotions of the place. As a strong environmental awareness advocate, her canvases are often inspired by nature and resonate with a deftly modulated palette of translucent and opaque colors. Light hues bleed into darks with a sense of expressive, fluid movement and reflect the harmony and tenacity of the natural world. Johnson’s studios are in Charlotte, North Carolina and Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii.
Everywhere No. 2021004, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Artist: Cheryl Johnson Title: EVERYWHERE Size: 36"x36" x.5" Substrate: Canvas Medium: Oil Style: Abstract Expressionism Keywords: Turquoise, orange, pink, teal, blue, whit...
Oil
Climate Change Secret Forest No. 2020024, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting: Oil, Acrylic, Latex, Oil Crayon on Canvas. Cheryl Johnson Landscape Abstract Climate Change Secret Forest No. 2020024 Size: 30â€x40â€x1.5 Substrate: Linen Oil, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Oil Crayon "As an artist, finding new ways of engaging an audience in the beauty of nature and encouraging the protection and preservation of our natural resources is very important to me. Our renewed and expanding focus on climate change and nature is as varied and multi-faceted as the environmental art...
Oil
Red Embrace, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Red Embrace Embrace each day with joy and anticipation of the wonders that will follow. Explore moments of joy and surprise. Live fully. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece com...
Acrylic
Island Formation, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract expressionist fine art painting. Would you believe this work was created on an art paper made from stone? TerraSkin paper from Mitz is eco-friendly and ideal for this mixe...
Acrylic
OH MY, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting Size: 38 H x 28 W x 0.1 in Ships in a tube Painting: latex, acrylic and Oil crayon on Paper. Oh My... is an exclamation of joy to me. This painting is created on a be...
Acrylic
Passionate Secret Forest N°SF2019008 Oil, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Passionate Secret Forest N°SF2019008 Cheryl Johnson Artist Oil Painting on Canvas SIZE 18 W x 24H x 1.5 D Cheryl Johnson Artist Spring is in the air and the foliage is changi...
Oil
Joy Blue Moments, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract paintings can stir our emotions, creatively inspire us, and add a greater level of depth to an entire room simply through the artist’s use of color, shape, and texture. ...
Acrylic
Stone Feelings, Mixed Media on Paper
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract expressionist fine art painting. Would you believe this work was created on an art paper made from stone? TerraSkin paper from Mitz is eco-friendly and ideal for this mixe...
Mixed Media
Napoli Formation, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract expressionist fine art painting. Would you believe this work was created on an art paper made from stone? TerraSkin paper from Mitz is eco-friendly and ideal for this mixe...
Acrylic
Mystic Memories, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting: Acrylic, Oil Crayon and Latex on Paper. Mystic Memories There a moments when a face or place stays with you and is somehow muted by time and yet it lingers. Treasu...
Acrylic
Suddenly Admiring Joan Mitchell N┬░20181101, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Suddenly Admiring Joan Mitchell N┬░20181101 Painting by Cheryl Johnson Painting: Oil, Acrylics, Latex and Oil Crayon on Canvas. I have always had a love affair with Joan Mitchell...
Oil
Spanning Time No2019017, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
A span is the period of time between two dates or events during which something happens. This painting was started in the spring of 2019 in Kauai and completed in North Carolina in t...
Oil
Spring-Yet Do I Marvel-Abstract, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting: Acrylic, Latex, Pastel, Graphite and Cold Wax on Canvas. Cheryl Johnson Artist Eminent artistic talent with studios in North Carolina and Hawaii (Kauai). Spring - Ye...
Acrylic
Igneous Energy, Mixed Media on Paper
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract expressionist fine art painting. Would you believe this work was created on an art paper made from stone? TerraSkin paper from Mitz is eco-friendly and ideal for this mixe...
Mixed Media
Oh My Goodness-Sheep Collage, Mixed Media on Paper
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Oh My Goodness-Sheep Collage is an energy driven mixed media, oil, acrylic, oil crayon, a collection of interesting elements that layer with color. Colour, of course, is a very impor...
Mixed Media
Piano Painting Orange, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting: Oil on Canvas. There is nothing more inspiring than beautiful piano music. I painted this piece to piano music and just let my emotions flow. The colors are bright an...
Oil
Fall Feelings Erosion, Painting, Oil on Other
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting: Oil, Latex and Acrylics on Other. Fall in the Carolinas and creative inspiration is everywhere. Everyone is out walking and the air is crisp. This work is an experim...
Oil
Fall Colors Emerging, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting: Oil on Canvas. There is nothing more beautiful than to see the colors of fall emerge. The soft oranges and golds and musty greens. This painting is my emotional response to fall. I love this time of year. Painted in oil using both palette knife and brush with thick impasto. Beautiful colors. Great art reminds us that there is more than one way to tell a story...Hill-tops glitter bright in the sun. Walk with me, hold my hand...
Oil
Fall Feelings, Mixed Media on Canvas
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
“I love to use color!†and “I love the energy in contrasting shape in a work!†My high level of energy comes through on the canvas in the form of expressive brushstrokes and...
Mixed Media
Amaranth Pink, Mixed Media on Paper
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting: Acrylic, Latex and Graphite on Paper. Cheryl Johnson NO. 8 AMARANTH PINK TerraSkin Stone Paper 16PT (28 x 38) --- Mixed Media: Oil, Acrylic, Oil Crayon, Pastel, Latex T...
Mixed Media
Hawaii Energy Diptych, Mixed Media on Canvas
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting: Enamel, Acrylic, Latex, Oil Crayon And Plaster On Canvas. Cheryl Johnson Diptych (two Canvases) Canvas Sizes Individually 30"x40" Completed Diptych 60"x40" M...
Mixed Media
$497
H 20.08 in W 20.08 in D 0.6 in
The Territory, Glasgow School Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media
Located in Cotignac, FR
A Scottish Glasgow School Abstract Expressionist mixed media painting by Grant McTavish. The work is signed and dated bottom right and is resigned and dedicated to the backboard. The...
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
$52,500
H 61 in W 30 in D 2 in
Tradition Memory, Huge Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Hand Signed, 1984
By Jules Olitski
Located in Aventura, FL
Original water based acrylic on canvas. Hand signed and dated on verso by the artist. Can be hung vertically or horizontally. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authe...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,990
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 1.97 in
Large Gold And Orange Warm Contemporary Abstract Painting By Kenneth Strandby
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Presenting a large gold, orange, and yellow contemporary abstract painting by Danish artist Kenneth Strandby (1960 - ). With its color and its large size the painting has a warm and ...
Acrylic
$700
H 6 in W 8 in D 1.5 in
Sunset Impressionism Seascape Framed Water Texas Artist Marine Dawn
By Virginia Vaughan
Located in Houston, TX
Sunset Impressionism Seascape Framed Water Texas Artist Marine Dawn Framed 11" x 13". Is part of newly released small works from V....Vaughan's collect...
Oil, Panel
Bend in the River, Yellowstone
By Richard Humphrey
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "R. Humphrey" on lower left Artist Statement "The glassy surface of the river almost seems calm. Below the gentle ripples though, is a swift and powerful current that moves anything in its way. A mile or so farther down the river, the elevation drops and the river turns into a wild, tumultuous force as it moves toward the falls." —Richard Humphrey...
Canvas, Oil
$21,000
H 20.75 in W 24.5 in
Untitled (Snow-capped Mountains) – Grand Teton National Park, c. 1930s
By Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Consigned to the gallery by private collectors Signed "Marion Kavanagh Wachtel" lower right Description Marion Kavanagh was a pupil of William Keith in San Francisco who, upon learning of her move to Southern California, urged her to contact Pasadena artist Elmer Wachtel. A romance blossomed and the two were married in 1904. During their marriage, out of respect for her husband, Marion Wachtel painted in watercolor, giving Elmer Wachtel the honor of painting in the more “serious” medium of oil. After the untimely passing of her husband and a period of grieving, Marion took up oil painting in 1930, working both en plein air and in the studio. This masterful plein air painting is a poetic interpretation of the snow-capped mountains in Grand Teton National Park...
Oil, Panel
"Boat"
By Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Original Oil painting by Ukrainian artist Evgeny Chernyakovsky "Boat" 50.0 X 70.0 CM / 19.6 X 27.5 IN HIGH QUALITY oil on canvas Signed on the front and back Dated 2023 Good conditi...
Canvas, Oil
$3,000
H 22 in W 40 in
Gradient X, Abstract Minimalist Colorfield Acrylic Painting by Jay Rosenblum
By Jay Rosenblum
Located in Long Island City, NY
This acrylic painting on paper was created by New York-born artist Jay Rosenblum. In his art, he seeks to correlate his great love for chamber music sonatas with freely evolving bloc...
Paper, Acrylic
$5,000
H 28.125 in W 31.75 in D 2.375 in
Coastal Spring; Trinidad, Humbolt County, California
By Jim McVicker
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "McVicker" on lower left Artist Statement "I painted this work on location above Luffenholtz Beach in Trinidad Ca...
Linen, Oil, Panel
$5,000
H 43 in W 56 in
La Vie Est Belle - Original Colorful Abstract Expressionism Painting on Canvas
By Bruce Rubenstein
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The paintings of Bruce Rubenstein seamlessly marry sophistication with affordability. His original art merges the creative attitudes of the two distinct art hot spots of New York and...
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$55,000
H 108 in W 108 in
Phoenix - large, colorful, contemporary, abstract, diptych, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Horizontal bars of blue, maroon, cherry red, pink, lemon yellow, burnt orange and green communicate on a soaked sand-coloured ground in the two panels that form this 9-foot square acrylic diptych painting on canvas. The rhythm of the spaces between the short lengths of colour creates a dialogue of movement that leads the eye upwards through the large picture plane. About the inspiration for the work, the artist wrote: "This is one of the rare paintings that I saw clearly in a dream and painted almost exactly as I saw it. It relates back to the four-panel work, Lock-Up (1972), done a couple of months earlier, where I used the physical break between panels as an edge to anchor some colour bars. In Phoenix, some bars are anchored while others float within the larger ground colour." This painting was included in the exhibition catalogue Milly Ristvedt-Handerek: Paintings of a Decade (1979). Milly Ristvedt, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of Art. In Toronto, during the 1960s and 1970s, she was making and exhibiting large-scale paintings alongside a small but defined group of non-figurative painters who, like Ristvedt, had planted...
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue Bay II, Abstract Painting
By Janet Dyer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This abstract coastal painting depicts an Irish bay surrounded by trees and rolling hills. The water reflects soft clouds, and the scene's muted tones create a ...
Acrylic
Wysteria N┬░20181103, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting: Enamel, Oil, Latex, Acrylic and Oil Crayon on Canvas. Painting: Mixed Media Oil on Canvas. Very thick texture areas built up brushwork. This work makes an impactful s...
Oil
Happiness 1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Happiness 1 Cheryl Johnson United States Painting Size: 36H x 48 W x 0.5 in Ships in a cardboard box Painting: Acrylic and Latex on Canvas. Sometimes a painting will just m...
Acrylic
My Heart Sings-Cheryl Johnson, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Cheryl Johnson
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting: Acrylic, Latex, Graphite and Cold Wax on Canvas. Cheryl Johnson Artist: Abstract Expressionist painter, eminent artistic talent, Charlotte, NC, Kauai, HI. Site: MY H...
Acrylic