Johnny K
I currently spend most of my time exploring dirt roads in rural NSW where painting from life has played a critical role in shaping my current style and approach to painting. I rework some of these plain air paintings in the studio to help give me more time to think about my experience outdoors and how to best portray that feeling in my work. Using thick brush marks and layers of paint allows me to capture expressively the rugged Australian terrain. I want to take the viewer on a journey into the Australian landscape with me as I explore the horizon and clouds and the ever changing palette of colour that nature presents. I regularly reference romance in my titles to help me articulate how I feel during my painting adventures, its a love affair with the vastness of this amazing country we live in. Johnny currently lives in the Blue Mountains but you can find him all over NSW in his ute with custom canopy which allows him to pull up anywhere he feels inspired to paint.