A piece in the style of Rae Johnson
Planning Sketches:
I started by making sketches of the area I was going to paint since I read in Johnson’s artist statement that this is how she starts a piece.
Progress:
I did a blue wash on the canvas first since I found that her pieces always have a cold feeling and I felt this would help to achieve this.
Final drawing:
Home(age), 2 x 3 feet, acrylic on canvas.
For working in Johnson’s style I decided to focus on two aspects of her paintings: the intentional depth/perspective distortion of her room scenes and her angel paintings. For Johnson’s process she starts by making sketches of a scene on sight (I used my bedroom) and then paints her final piece based on these sketches. I directly reference aspects of various paintings, such as the angel, floral wallpaper, and floor brush strokes creating movement.
The pieces of hers I referenced the most were Madonna with Sunglasses (1982) and Winter Angel (2018).