Comments on: Interview with Mitchell Johnson https://paintingperceptions.com/interview-with-mitchell-johnson/ perceptions on painting Sat, 10 Jul 2021 18:06:04 +0000 hourly 1 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.

]]> By: Hart James https://paintingperceptions.com/interview-with-mitchell-johnson/#comment-67094 Sat, 22 May 2021 15:37:29 +0000 https://paintingperceptions.com/?p=13197#comment-67094 I’m following Mitchell Johnson on Instagram. I don’t know how that happened. I didn’t know who he was… but I am. I have been ‘liking’ his work on Instagram. Then, I realized he is also my FB friend. I don’t know how. This article was so enlightening. I researched much of what was mentioned. Of course, I knew the major artists mentioned. A very down to earth back and forth with the artist. Thank you.

]]> By: Lucy Maki https://paintingperceptions.com/interview-with-mitchell-johnson/#comment-67091 Sat, 22 May 2021 14:23:34 +0000 https://paintingperceptions.com/?p=13197#comment-67091 One of the best and most helpful interviews I’ve read. Thanks for focusing on the painting practice rather than history and who knows who..refreshing!

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