Comments on: Interview with Mitchell Johnson https://paintingperceptions.com/interview-with-mitchell-johnson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-with-mitchell-johnson perceptions on painting Wed, 12 Apr 2023 18:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nancy Marie Martin https://paintingperceptions.com/interview-with-mitchell-johnson/#comment-115710 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 18:11:39 +0000 https://paintingperceptions.com/?p=13197#comment-115710 In reply to Mitchell Johnson.

So glad to g et this chance to say Hi to you and to say how much I enjoyed this iterview (from about two years ago now.) But it is prophetci for me. You mentioned in your email “I appreciate all of the emails I’ve received from younger artists who seemed to enjoy my…..>” Well, it was share gift to find this interview — I am a student at a community college -Art Major – but I am 85 years old. Finally have time to do what I always wanted to do. Not much tim eleft I suppose but still it is a delight and studying your color and shapes is a delight as well. It is a joy! I grew up in Brooklyn, NY and worked in Manhattan and alwasy wanted to attend the Students’ Art League and go to Pratt etc., but did do some painting lessons inbetween six children. And, because your visit there, I live near Washington, DC now, i Frederick, Maryland (Maryland /Frederick has beautiful color!). Hope you want mind if I attempt to at least immitate your style for my class at school? Thanks agai for sharing !PS to all, I will be a faithful follower of paintingperceptions.com from now on!

]]> By: Margo N https://paintingperceptions.com/interview-with-mitchell-johnson/#comment-111720 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 02:39:01 +0000 https://paintingperceptions.com/?p=13197#comment-111720 It was enlightening to read this interview. I’ve struggled so much with my process; how to start, how to let go and not overthink, and how to allow my exploration be at the forefront. I’ve been following MJ’s work for a few years, seen the inserts in my Sunday NYT etc. Mostly I’ve been trying to figure out how to not think of creating art as a finished work. It’s so challenging because I’m also an interior designer who has to provide a finished work for my clients. I felt inspired reading about MJ’s process; how he doesn’t plan or adhere to any style or outcome. I strive to do that so I can truly feel free as an artist.

]]> By: Mitchell Johnson https://paintingperceptions.com/interview-with-mitchell-johnson/#comment-71972 Wed, 07 Jul 2021 15:53:38 +0000 https://paintingperceptions.com/?p=13197#comment-71972 In reply to Kurt Solmssen.

I moved to Silicon Valley in 1990 to live with my brother. I had $500 and some art supplies and clothes and student loans. No trust fund.
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2021/05/25/the-story-of-an-artist-palo-alto-gallery-showcases-the-vivid-work-of-mitchell-johnson

]]> By: Kurt Solmssen https://paintingperceptions.com/interview-with-mitchell-johnson/#comment-71829 Tue, 06 Jul 2021 16:37:31 +0000 https://paintingperceptions.com/?p=13197#comment-71829 Mitchell and I have known some of the same people,and exhibited at some the same places Terry Rogers’ gallery in Santa Monica, Peter Tatistcheff NY, the Bakersfield Museum of Art but I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting him in person.
This interview was enlightening. The proliferation of ads in the New Yorker , NY Times etc was always a mystery. Interesting to to follow the development of the work and to learn that it wasnt an Apple trust fund supporting the ad campaign but a much more interesting story. Of all the places for an artist to live in a piano crate, the Silicon Valley doesn’t seem the most likely but I’m sure there’s more to the story.

]]> By: Mitchell Johnson https://paintingperceptions.com/interview-with-mitchell-johnson/#comment-68492 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 17:03:48 +0000 https://paintingperceptions.com/?p=13197#comment-68492 It’s interesting to read the comments. There’s a virtual walkthrough of my current exhibit on Pamela Walsh Gallery’s IGTV this Friday, June 9, at 12:30 PST. I’ll be speaking with the San Jose Museum of Art curator, Kathryn Wade. Thanks again Larry for the chance to tell my side of the story. I appreciate all of the emails I’ve received from younger artists who seemed to enjoy my long winded, pedantic thoughts.

]]> By: mario sughi (nerosunero) https://paintingperceptions.com/interview-with-mitchell-johnson/#comment-68309 Mon, 07 Jun 2021 15:25:09 +0000 https://paintingperceptions.com/?p=13197#comment-68309 I like the paintings. A great colorist. I prefer the ones without figures and the less naturalistic ones are his best. They are not abstracts. The figures are bit forced in. In all his work there is a lot of dialogues with modern painters (American more than Europeans, a bit of Morandi but not that much, as Morandi is much more metaphysical). His best works have a great style, the brush strokes have energy and they are intuitive. He lacks a bit of originality (but who really has that our days, you have one or two Picasso Matisse for century no much more than that).
I find the interview (his answers) bit pedantic. I much prefer his works!
Still very very interesting!
Thank you Larry! As usual!

]]> By: Loraine Stephanson https://paintingperceptions.com/interview-with-mitchell-johnson/#comment-67932 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 16:44:21 +0000 https://paintingperceptions.com/?p=13197#comment-67932 Interesting comment about the value of returning to old paintings. Great interview altogether.

]]> By: Sue Ogburn https://paintingperceptions.com/interview-with-mitchell-johnson/#comment-67314 Tue, 25 May 2021 12:20:13 +0000 https://paintingperceptions.com/?p=13197#comment-67314 The unabashed reality of the colors return me to decades spent on Cape Cod (Harwich Port). My early morning beach walks merged into my perennial gardens – same scenes, same towels blowing in the wind, but vibrancy altered by the sunlight. I am trying to share this changing wonderland with my two year old granddaughter, showing how a sandy mundane beach towel is as inspirational as a half-Cape with water in the background. It’s what you choose to see and how it affects you.

]]> By: Therese Cipiti Herron https://paintingperceptions.com/interview-with-mitchell-johnson/#comment-67176 Sun, 23 May 2021 19:50:04 +0000 https://paintingperceptions.com/?p=13197#comment-67176 Best interview I’ve read in years. Honest and forward with valuable content. This interview has the power to change how one views paintings, people and places.
Thank you
Therese Cipitiherron

]]> By: jon eenigenburg https://paintingperceptions.com/interview-with-mitchell-johnson/#comment-67103 Sat, 22 May 2021 18:31:43 +0000 https://paintingperceptions.com/?p=13197#comment-67103 Great questions Larry. I have to admit I’ve been curious about the NYT ads as well and appreciated MJ’s straightforward response.

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