Erick Johnson

Erick’s work is a pleasure to look at. he describes his process below.

“Painting with oil on canvas is my primary activity.  Through drawing I generate compositional ideas using irregular polygons in a loose grid-like structure.  Within each polygon I paint successive, thin layers of color, which are dragged by hand to create rhythms and patterns.  I’m engaged by the question of how color and shape create relatedness and difference, as well as emotion and mood.
 
The work is informed by polygonal stone architecture, medieval stained-glass windows, Islamic and tantric art, as well as modernist and contemporary geometric art”.