Neil Johnston

My experiences in artmaking began when I was a kid and my love for drawing. Later, I began my painting training as a billboard painter and muralist in my early through late-20’s, later going to school to study painting at the College of Visual Arts (BFA) and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MFA). I make paintings using multiple materials, substrates, and media: oil, acrylic, pastel, gouache/watercolor, resin, ink, and others. I think of my painting process often as an exploration or experiment, and work with themes of time, memory, place, and history. I really enjoy getting out of the studio, to work outdoors, either abstractly or from observation. When I am not painting, I am renewed by the creativity and energy expressed by my students in the Painting and Foundation 2D Design classes that I teach at Century College in White Bear Lake, MN. For 20+ years, I have traveled to Port Wing, WI from Shoreview, MN to enjoy the lakeside landscape, visit family friends, and to paint. I look forward to returning to Port Wing and the South Shore to do some painting with you! www.paintstew.com

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