It's all about color. Well, maybe also gesture. And, the relations between the two. But not a lot more. (Isn't that enough?) 

I paint oil landscapes in the classic Early California/ Craftsman, tonal-colorist tradition, both outdoors (plein-air) and in-studio. I am inspired by the Hudson River School, the California Impressionists, and the Arts and Crafts Movement, including such painters as Durand, Keith, Bierstadt, Hill, Wendt, Payne, as well as today's masters of landscape painting.

I'm fascinated by the constant flow of facts and other information pouring into our minds; especially the information our conscious mind deems important. Unconsciously, it's always our emotions that end up guiding us, making decisions, and ultimately changing us. This is what I explore in my art.

Painting is an adrenaline rush similar to skiing down mountains, kayaking rivers, and surfing oceans.  Kayaking off a waterfall or putting a brush to canvas creates butterflies of excitement.  Each painting captures a moment in the outdoors, never to be repeated, but always exhilarating and dynamic.  

All of my canvases are hand stretched and every painting uses the highest quality pigments, hand mixed to last for centuries.  Applying bold marks of color expressively and with confidence, the paint moves while allowing each layer to reveal the painting's history.  The layers of paint are aggressive yet sensitive the same way a river is intensely powerful or deeply serene.  The art is forged from memories of how incredibly fun life is!

My work is about the urban experience. Not the hipster coffee shops nor the preserved historical buildings but the pragmatic architecture of manufacture and distribution. The utilitarian architectural style employed in these buildings is refreshingly honest, devoid of the un-necessary decorative add-ons found on residential and commercial structures. The tools and components associated with construction and manufacture feature strongly in my recent work.

Doyle Johnson's work explores the relationship between sexuality and ethics within a sphere of politics and spirituality-with influences as diverse as Jung and Warhol, new combinations are created from both explicit and implicit layers. As spatial terms become transformed through emergent and critical practice the viewer is left with an impression of the ideas of our future.

Johnson

I'm a Panamanian-American fine artist based in San Francisco, California. My work portrays the hidden worlds in the universe and in our minds.