elisa johns

elisajohns

Oh my goodness. This is the gorgeous work of LA based artist Elisa Johns. Some of her work is oil on canvas, and other pieces are acrylic & ink on paper… like those two snakes… who I had to make a bit smaller and put in the middle of the post so they didn’t freak me out too much. Luckily they’re flanked by blossoming acrylic/ink fireweed, so that helps. Here is Elisa’s artist statement:

“In a time when our perception of “the natural” is obscured by urban living, my work delves into a fantasy in which bourgeois living collides with raw nature. Contemporary culture is obsessed with indicators of beauty. I take these indicators – beautiful people, animals, architecture – and place them within lushly painted landscapes. These elements become equally valued icons of desire and beauty. My intention is to establish a departure point into a fantastical narrative space.”

Lovely. Even the snakes.

/// 01.27.2016



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comments (4)

  1. Carla /// 01.27.2016 /// 12:54pm

    Nice work! Who knew watercolours could be so dramatic!
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  2. Audrey /// 01.27.2016 /// 5:59pm

    I am totally loving this! Great post as always

  3. Berta /// 01.28.2016 /// 8:50am

    Stunning.

  4. Brandi Baldwin /// 01.30.2016 /// 7:09am

    I have to stop looking at these posts in public. I just gasped out loud at Elisa Johns’s work sitting in my son’s martial arts class 🙂 How breathtaking.