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Media - Oil on Canvas
Address - 345 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, Fl. 33432, United States
Phone - 561-338-9007
Website - addisonartgroup.com
Email - [email protected]
The luminescent beauty and lyrcal quality of Richard S. Johnson's work is what captivates
collectors today. "Old Masters" technical virtuosity, pre-Raphael romanticism, and
contemporay expressionism and abstraction all combine to create his unique works of touching
depth and artistry.
Rick's expressive skill for capturing the human form has brought him numerous
commissions:
John F. Kennedy at the JFK Memorial Library in Boston.
A commemorative painting of the presidents from Eisenhower to Bush currently hangin at the
President's Council on Physical Fitness in Washington D.C.
Rear Admiral Richard S. Truly, USN, the first commander of the NASA Space Shuttle
Challenger.
Limited Edition Lithograph for the USA Olympic Ski Team
Promotional poster for the Biz International Classic Soccer Championship in Mexico.
Born in Chicago to an artistic family, his earliest reminiscences are of pouring through
Charles Dana Gibson, N.C.Wyeth, and John Singer Sargent books on rainy afternoons. While still
in grade school he won a scholarship to the presitgious Art Institue of Chicago. He later
attended the American Academy of Art and upon graduation began a very succesful career as an
illustrator.
Turning his attentions to fine art after winning a competition in International Artists
Magazine, Rick was invited to Japan where his one man show was so succesful that he has been
invited back numerous times and has developed an international base of collectors. He has also
won many awards in competitions here in the United States including the Award of Excellence,
in the Oil Painters of America 2003 Midwest regional Juried Competition.
Perhaps the term that best describes Rick's work is "Poetic Intimacy". His sure
brush strokes, bold use of color and impasto, and delicate rendering of the human face and
form all work together in a harmony that refuses to draw attention to themselves for their
technical virtuosity, but rather to draw their viewer into the awareness that they are sharing
one, serene, contemplative moment; that the light that pours over the subject's skin also
caresses theirs.
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