Elizabeth Johnson

"Broad Entrances and Portals Everywhere," 2025

oil on canvas, 14 x 18 inches.

"Pearl Shoes," 2025

oil on canvas, 14 x 18 inches.

An oil painter, art writer and guest curator, Elizabeth Johnson writes for The Brooklyn Rail, Two Coats of Paint,  ArtspielOccasional Philly, and Roborant ReviewShe recently participated in Silvermine's annual juried show curated by Eleanor De Ropp Flatow, as well as groups shows in Brooklyn, Hastings-on-Hudson and Millersville, PA.

My process is oblique and subjective; I back into rather than plan imagery. I try out ideas, reject most of them, scrape away attempts and marvel over the lush surface that's left. A textured and mixed-color substrates excites me; it's a crystal ball or charged zone for the next possibility. 

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Instagram: @elizjohnson2018

"Grievous Smoke," 2025

oil on canvas, 18 x 14 inches.