This page is a temporary page to give collectors a preview of the upcoming exhibit.
Douglas Johnson
Casual Intimacy
Opening Reception May 27th, 2023 4pm-6pm Show runs from - May 27th, 2023 - July 29th, 2023
Preview (collector's advance viewing)
As a member of our Collector's Preview list, you have the unique opportunity to see all of these pieces and have a first opportunity to purchase the pieces in the exhibit before it opens to the public.
Below are images of all of the pieces that will be on display in the exhibit as well as reserve pieces that will replace sold pieces as those paintings go home with collectors.
Below are images of all of the pieces that will be on display in the exhibit as well as reserve pieces that will replace sold pieces as those paintings go home with collectors.
Call or email to make a purchase or schedule a visit to the gallery.
A reminder, purchases are on a first contact basis, so consider a back up option if your first option is no longer available.
A reminder, purchases are on a first contact basis, so consider a back up option if your first option is no longer available.
Additional images, or a video, to see the work from alternate angles are available upon request.
To see the work in person, contact the gallery to schedule a visit, or stop by during gallery hours.
Wednesdays 10am-2pm
Fridays 2pm-6pm
Click image for a larger view.
To see the work in person, contact the gallery to schedule a visit, or stop by during gallery hours.
Wednesdays 10am-2pm
Fridays 2pm-6pm
Click image for a larger view.
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Amethyst (Isaac)
12"x16", 2019, Watercolor including genuine amethyst on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $600 |
Campsite Flag
9"x12", 2022, Archival watercolor on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $500 |
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Cooldown (Connor)
9"x12", 2022, Archival watercolor on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $500 |
Fiery Nude
12"x16", 2020, Watercolor on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $700 |
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Fresh Sheets
12"x9", 2021, Archival watercolor pigments, including genuine lapis lazuli, garnet, and amethyst on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $500 |
Idling (Isaac)
18"x24", 2020, Watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper $800 |
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James
12"x16", 2023, Genuine gemstone watercolor pigments, including garnet, fuchsite, amethyst, lapis lazuli, and tiger's eye on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $700 |
Lapis Lazuli & Gold
9"x12", 2021, Archival watercolor pigments, including genuine lapis lazuli, garnet, and amethyst on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $500 |
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Marble Head of a Roman Youth
12"x16", 2022, Genuine gemstone watercolor pigments, including tiger's eye, garnet, and lapis lazuli, serpentine, rhodonite, hematite, on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $700 |
Marble Torso of a Youth: Roman, 118-161 AD
10"x14", 2022, Watercolor including genuine lapis lazuli and garnet on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $600 |
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Night Painting (Dorian)
11"x14", 2017, Watercolor and India ink on watercolor paper $500 |
On Waking
18"x20", 2020, Archival watercolor pigments, including genuine lapis lazuli, garnet, and Black Tourmaline on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $900 |
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Ottoman Empire
16"x12", 2020, Watercolor on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $700 |
Pink Nude (Peter)
24"x18", 2022, Watercolor on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $800 |
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Quarterstaff (Peter)
12"x16", 2021, Archival watercolor pigments, including genuine lapis lazuli, garnet, and amethyst on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $700 |
Sauna
12"x16", 2022, Watercolor on paper $600 |
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Serpentine
9"x12", 2022, Watercolor including genuine serpentine and amethyst on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $500 |
Sofa King
24"x18", 2021, Watercolor including genuine amethyst and serpentine on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $700 |
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Solarium (Richard)
18"x24", 2019, Watercolor on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $800 |
Spa Day (Ben)
16"x12", 2021, Archival watercolor pigments, including genuine lapis lazuli, garnet, and amethyst on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $600 |
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Steam Room (Max)
16"x12", 2022, Archival watercolor pigments, including genuine lapis lazuli, garnet, and amethyst on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $600 |
Summer Son
16"x12", 2023, Watercolor including genuine garnet, turquoise, amethyst, and fuchsite on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $700 |
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Sunshower
11"x15", 2022, Genuine gemstone watercolor pigments, including amethyst, tiger's eye, piemontite, serpentine, and lapis lazuli on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $600 |
Sunspot
18"x24", 2020, Watercolor on paper $800 |
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White Pillow (Max)
18"x24", 2022, Archival watercolor pigments, including genuine lapis lazuli, garnet, and amethyst on acid-free Arches watercolor paper $900 |
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Artist - Douglas Johnson
Statement
There is a deliberateness to music and to dance: they can be about chaos, but they are not chaos. There is intention. My paintings are similar. We fly, we don't throw; we compose. The brush glides across the paper as a bow draws across a string. There is a note I am seeking, an essential note. I want you to feel it. I don't want you to care about me, I want you to feel the life in the painting painted from life. I want you to love life, love your lover, love yourself- to blush, to feel invigorated and inspired to chase your bliss. Believe this, and all your dreams and aspirations become possibilities.
Biography
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Douglas Johnson is a fine artist who has made Baltimore his home since 1987 when he began his studies at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Johnson lives to create with color and to paint from life. His work continues to explore new possibilities of water-based media: primarily watercolor, gouache and ink. He has recently begun working with watercolor paint made from genuine gemstones such as lapis lazuli, garnet, jade, and amethyst
Figures that have a living presence, landscapes that exude their seasons and stretch out for miles, expressed in spare paintings made with an economy of swift gestural marks. It is this gymnastic precision in Johnson's brushwork and unbridled use of saturated color that make his paintings so recognizable. American Artist Magazine has praised Johnson’s “provocative approach to watercolor, one that relies on shockingly vibrant colors [and] flowing strokes of transparent paint,” describing him as a “serious and well-informed” artist. In addition to his accomplishments as a painter, he has been an active member of the ever-changing Baltimore theatre community as a writer, director, and producer of set designs for Annex Theater, Yellow Sign Theatre, Frith and Inle, Everyman Theater, Stillpointe Theatre, Single Carrot Theatre and the Baltimore Rock Opera Society. Johnson's experience in historic preservation includes work on the restoration of the Brumidi Corridors of the United States Capitol, of Baltimore's Basilica of the Assumption, and of Clifton Mansion, the former residence of Johns Hopkins. |
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