Cheryl Johnson Artist

Cheryl Johnson Abstract Expressionist

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Cheryl Johnson In Love with Franz Kline 28 x 38” Acrylic on Stone Paper

Cheryl Johnson Looking Through 28 x 38” Acrylic on Stone Paper

“My work is a celebration of joy! Anything is possible. It's all about letting go of emotions and making my unknown feelings known. Conscious thinking is eliminated and I get lost or perhaps found in the pure enjoyment of creating.”

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Cheryl is a painter known for her uniquely distinct style. Her art is striking and enhanced by her choices of vivid, radiant colors infused with bright and bold hues. Her composition strategically places bold colors adjacent to subtle muted shades. She executes with enthusiastic confidence, playfulness and class.

Cheryl Johnson Rainbow Secret Forest 28x38� Acrylic on Stone Paper

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Cheryl’s work moves freely like a pendulum swinging effortlessly between bold and meditative qualities. Recognized for her gestural brush-strokes, intuitive mark-making and spontaneity.

Cheryl Johnson Fabulous 28x38� Acrylic on Stone Paper

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At its basis, her paintings are about form, color, line, texture, pattern, composition, emotion and process.

Cheryl Johnson Serendipity Sensations 17.5 x 25� Acrylic on Stone Paper

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“I believe what most attracts me to Abstract art

is how open it is to interpretation. A natural transformational tool; abstract art invites us to see the world with fresh eyes. The ideas and feelings art invokes are seen through a new light. Our minds and hearts naturally open to new ways of being, seeing and thinking.”

Cheryl Johnson Criss Cross 28 x 38” Acrylic on Stone Paper 6 of 15

Cheryl’s color palette is constantly inspired by her island and urban life. Looking beyond herself, often into the majesty of nature, her art is known for reflecting the energy, joy and startling beauty of her surroundings.

Cheryl Johnson Pretty In Pink 28 x 38” Acrylic on Stone Paper 7 of 15

Cheryl paints prolifically in oil, mixed media and acrylic.

Cheryl Johnson Pink Passion 24 x 24” Oil on Canvas

Cheryl Johnson 24 x 24” Golden Glow Oil on Canvas

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Cheryl Johnson Orange Options 24 x 30� on Oil on Canvas

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Cheryl Johnson Light is Coming 24 x 30� on Oil on Canvas

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Cheryl Johnson Rothko Sea 30 x 40” Mixed Media on Canvas

Cheryl shares her time between her studio in Kauai, Hawaii where she is surrounded by the ocean’s inspiration.

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She paints in an open air studio in her valley home. Her view is filled with tropical vegetation and majestic mountains that shimmer with waterfalls and rainbows.

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In contrast, her studio in Charlotte, NC is near a secret forest nestled in the vibrant energy of a beautiful cosmopolitan city.

Both of these places energize and influence her style and creations. The exploration between city living and the freedom of island life is evident in her work.

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Biography Cheryl Lynn Johnson (born February 12, 1947) is a female American Abstract Expressionist Artist.

She was born in Kellogg, Idaho. In her early years, she lived in the Rocky Mountains on the border of Idaho and Canada surrounded by immense beauty. Nature was her playground and inspired her to create art from a very young age.

She is of Finnish, Swedish, and Scotch-Irish descent and in her early artistic career painted both under her familiar and family names: Cheri' and Cherah Boryl Jaurvaii. Cheryl graduated with a BA from Oral Roberts University, MFA from Oklahoma State University, and an MA from the University of Tulsa. She began painting professionally in 1969 and has had numerous shows throughout her career. She studied and worked in her early career as a Teacher, Video Producer, and Director.

Skilled as a videographer, commercial art and designer she moved to North Carolina in the early 1980s. She has continued to paint throughout her varied career while working in the corporate world and left IBM to fully focus on her art full time in 2010.

Cheryl Johnson lives and works with her partner, Carol Ann Washburn in Kauai, North Shore and also in Charlotte, NC. Both places clearly inspire her vibrant and layered works. She effortlessly moves between oil and mixed media. The bright colors and multiple layers of her paintings create energy, space and psychological impact, while her figures are staged like actors in a play. Š Cheryl Johnson 2017.

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Contact Information

Cheryl Johnson 1801 Thomas Avenue Charlotte, NC 28205 704-516-6277 Email: cherinow@gmail.com

Websites:

cheryljohnsonartist.com

cheryljohnson.co

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