VICTORIA JOHNS

Victoria is an abstract Painter and Printmaker.

“You could say I have a slight obsession with looking at the world in an obscure way. I focus on new ways of seeing the world around me, by flattening out our 3D world. Viewing the landscape from an ‘above’ perspective alters our brain’s default 3D perception, turning both rural and urban landscapes into often intricate and detailed scenes which can be unrecognisable.
 

We all play our part alongside nature in creating these ever-intriguing layers, textures, lines and marks that imprint our lands. As an abstract artist I don’t wish to convey a recognisable landscapescene, I’m intrigued with dismantling the landscape into single elements I enjoy,

 

Using a sketchbook and photographs I isolate shape, space, colour, pattern, enticing texture and explore scale and composition within my drawing and mark making. This process of observation will often translate into a multilayered artwork, using a few different medium application techniques to create my abstract aerial views. In my painting practice I mostly use acrylic paint,

ink and medium with mixed media. My printmaking usually focuses on collagraph, monoprint

and drypoint techniques.”