Artist Profile - Steve Johnston
Friends in high places
Medium: acrylic and oil on canvas
Measurements: 80 x 70 cm unframed
Year: 2023
Price: £2,850 plus delivery
Hope is the thing with feathers
Medium: acrylic and oil on canvas
Measurements: 60 x 50 cm unframed
Year: 2023
Price: £2,250 plus delivery
Friends in high places
Medium: acrylic and oil on canvas
Measurements: 80 x 70 cm unframed
Year: 2023
Price: £2,850 plus delivery
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Biography
Steve Johnston is a contemporary Scottish artist, born in Glasgow in 1956. He was original photographer and inventor of the ‘Straight up’ style of photograph at i-D magazine. Steve has had his work published in many books and magazines and is represented in the permanent collection of the Arts Council of England. He has exhibited widely including at Tate Britain, The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, Hayward Gallery London, Victoria & Albert Museum, Scope Art Miami Beach and various i-D magazine touring exhibitions worldwide. Returning to his first love of painting in 1991 Steve has exhibited widely in the UK and abroad including USA, Canada, Australia and Singapore.
Artist Statement
There are many influences in my work. Aaron Siskind, Rauschenberg, Twombly & Tapies to name a few..the new paintings have arrived organically and naturally just through working constantly really.