JOHNNY K
Johnny currently spends most of his time exploring dirt roads in rural NSW where painting from life has played a critical role in shaping his current style and approach to painting. He reworks some of these plein air paintings in the studio to help give him more time to think about his experience outdoors and how to best portray that feeling in his work. Using thick brush marks and layers of paint allows him to capture expressively the rugged Australian terrain.
Johnny wants to take the viewer on a journey into the Australian landscape with him as he explores 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.
