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Anne Johnstone
"Savage Rush", Abstract, Blue, Brown, Black, Acrylic Painting

2024

$695
£524.58
€601.18
CA$970.05
A$1,056.78
CHF 558.09
MX$12,686.42
NOK 7,110.72
SEK 6,498.94
DKK 4,490.71

About the Item

Anne Johnstone’s 12 x 12 inch abstract painting pulses with dynamic energy through sweeping brushstrokes and bold color contrasts. A cool blue background ranges from soft sky blue to vibrant azure, creating a fluid, watery atmosphere imbued with movement and depth. Expressive streaks of warm browns, ochres, and blacks overlay the tranquil base, blending in vivid harmony. Chestnut and rust hues add warmth and texture, resembling rugged terrain or feathers in flight. The energetic brushwork suggests powerful motion, as if swept by winds. Rooted in abstract expressionism, the painting emphasizes emotion and motion over realism, inviting personal interpretation of inner turmoil or natural forces. The painting is signed on the back. Anne Johnstone‘s subject matter is her interior world. Her paintings and drawings are color dense and emotionally charged images about her inner life, everything from personal struggles to physical awareness to the world around her. Using acrylics and canvas collage on her paintings, she creates tightly knit compositions that vibrate with stilled energy. In her oil pastels, layered color takes on hard-to-define hues, while shapes bulge, defining space with both humor and determination. Her drawings combine crayon and gouache with pencil to create psychological dramas. Her style is most akin to abstract expressionism, with bold brush strokes which scribble and drip and declare themselves here for the action. She often uses a glazing medium to enhance the transparency of her colors, making visible the history of color application. “I am drawn to imbalance and asymmetry in my work. I seek to bring attention to those qualities while creating solid compositions.”
  • Creator:
    Anne Johnstone (1957, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2024
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Franklin, MA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: Johnstone_Savage Rush1stDibs: LU500317010582

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