Clay Johnson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
American, b. 1963
Clay Johnson is an American abstract painter whose reductivist compositions explore the relationships between color, form, and texture.
He lives and works in Laramie, Wyoming. Johnson earned his B.A. in studio art and art history from Duke University in 1985. Afterwards, he worked as studio manager for the painter Robert Natkin. Says Johnson, “Most of what I know about painting I learned from Bob.” The technique Johnson employs is extremely rigorous, involving, as he says, “pushing paint around with palette knives and drywall tools rather than brushes.” Johnson has exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout the United States. His work is in the collections of the Kimpton Corporation and the University of Wyoming Art Museum, among others. The scraping and sanding creates a variety of different textures and leads to the emergence of unexpected forms. Because of the intensity of his method he prefers rigid surfaces, such as wood and aluminum panels, though he sometimes also works on paper and canvas stretched over panels. He prefers acrylic paint because of its fast drying time, which allows him to react quickly as the layers evolve towards a sense of completion.(Biography provided by IdeelArt)
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Artist: Clay Johnson
Abstract Work on Paper by Clay Johnson, Untitled (#721)
By Clay Johnson
Located in White Plains, NY
'Untitled (#721)' 2023 by American artist, Clay Johnson. Acrylic on Arches paper, 20 x 16 in. This colorful abstract painting features bands of colors in red, yellow beige, white, an...
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2010s Abstract Clay Johnson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Acrylic, Archival Paper
Abstract Work on Paper by Clay Johnson, Untitled (#709)
By Clay Johnson
Located in White Plains, NY
'Untitled (#709)' 2023 by American artist, Clay Johnson. Acrylic on Arches paper, 22 x 30 in. This colorful abstract painting features bands of colors in yellow, white, blue, red, an...
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2010s Abstract Clay Johnson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Archival Paper, Acrylic
Abstract Work on Paper by Clay Johnson, Untitled (#725)
By Clay Johnson
Located in White Plains, NY
'Untitled (#725)' 2023 by American artist, Clay Johnson. Acrylic on Arches paper, 20 x 16 in. This colorful abstract painting features bands of colors in orange, red, pink, white, an...
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2010s Abstract Clay Johnson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Acrylic, Archival Paper
Abstract Work on Paper by Clay Johnson, Untitled (#727)
By Clay Johnson
Located in White Plains, NY
'Untitled (#727)' 2023 by American artist, Clay Johnson. Acrylic on Arches paper, 20 x 16 in. This colorful abstract painting features bands of colors in red, blue, beige, orange, pi...
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2010s Abstract Clay Johnson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Abstract Work on Paper by Clay Johnson, Untitled (#708)
By Clay Johnson
Located in White Plains, NY
'Untitled (#708)' 2023 by American artist, Clay Johnson. Acrylic on Arches paper, 22 x 30 in. This colorful abstract painting features bands of colors in cobalt blue, light blue, bei...
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2010s Abstract Clay Johnson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Acrylic, Archival Paper
Untitled 559 (Abstract painting)
By Clay Johnson
Located in London, GB
Untitled 559 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
The technique Johnson employs is extremely rigorous, involving, as he says, “pushing paint around with palette knives ...
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2010s Abstract Clay Johnson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic
Untitled 557 (Abstract painting)
By Clay Johnson
Located in London, GB
Untitled 557 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
The technique Johnson employs is extremely rigorous, involving, as he says, “pushing paint around with palette knives ...
Category
2010s Abstract Clay Johnson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled 560 (Abstract painting)
By Clay Johnson
Located in London, GB
Untitled 560 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
The technique Johnson employs is extremely rigorous, involving, as he says, “pushing paint around with palette knives ...
Category
2010s Abstract Clay Johnson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Acrylic, Paper
Untitled 559 (Abstract painting)
By Clay Johnson
Located in London, GB
Untitled 559 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
The technique Johnson employs is extremely rigorous, involving, as he says, “pushing paint around with palette knives ...
Category
2010s Abstract Clay Johnson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled 557 (Abstract painting)
By Clay Johnson
Located in London, GB
Untitled 557 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
The technique Johnson employs is extremely rigorous, involving, as he says, “pushing paint around with palette knives ...
Category
2010s Abstract Clay Johnson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled 560 (Abstract painting)
By Clay Johnson
Located in London, GB
Untitled 560 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
The technique Johnson employs is extremely rigorous, involving, as he says, “pushing paint around with palette knives ...
Category
2010s Abstract Clay Johnson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled 559 (Abstract painting)
By Clay Johnson
Located in London, GB
Untitled 559 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
The technique Johnson employs is extremely rigorous, involving, as he says, “pushing paint around with palette knives ...
Category
2010s Abstract Clay Johnson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled 560 (Abstract painting)
By Clay Johnson
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
The technique Johnson employs is extremely rigorous, involving, as he says, “pushing paint around with palette knives and drywall tools rather than brus...
Category
2010s Abstract Clay Johnson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
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