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Wesley Johnson Art

American, b. 1934

Wesley Johnson was born in Ojai, California, in 1934 and educated at Ventura College and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was also a pupil of Howard Warshaw and Andre L'Hote. The cubist style of Warshaw, combined with the airy and light feeling of impressionism and the abstraction of expression, influenced Johnson's style of painting. His paintings often contain large, sweeping strokes, but subtle use of color that is evocative of his spontaneous, non-objective style. Johnson also has been widely exhibited throughout the Western United States. He has received many awards for his art, including the prestigious James D. Phelan Award for Literature and Art.

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Wesley Johnson Unusual Oil Painting
By Wesley Johnson
Located in Pasadena, CA
Truly one of a kind, Wesley Johnson created this detailed artwork on a thick carved piece of wood. You can see how Johnson uses the movement of the wood to help section this piece. T...
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1990s American Wesley Johnson Art

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Wood, Paint

Untitled Abstract Expressionist Painting Ojai California Artist Wesley Johnson
By Wesley Johnson
Located in Surfside, FL
A listed California painter, muralist, and teacher, Wesley Johnson was born in Ojai, California in 1934, and educated at Ventura College and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was also a pupil of Howard Warshaw and Andre L'Hote. The cubist style of Warshaw, combined with the airy and light feeling of impressionism and the abstraction of expression, influenced Johnson's style of painting. His paintings often contain large, sweeping strokes, but a subtle use of color that evocative of his spontaneous, non-objective style. Wesley Johnson is an Abstract Expressionist with strong influences from Cubism and Impressionism. His work has run the gamut from figurative murals painted on the commissary walls at Fort Ord, to large, colorful abstract oils...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Wesley Johnson Art

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Canvas, Oil

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This abstract oil on canvas by listed artist, Wesley Johnson, features soft washes of color over a network of geometric forms beneath. Recently framed in a wood frame stained blue. Johnson, elusive yet well-known along the West Coast, was influenced by the cubist ideas of his mentor, Howard Warshaw...
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H 16 in W 20 in D 1.25 in
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By Wesley Johnson
Located in Pasadena, CA
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By Wesley Johnson
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