Painting ideas flow and are all part of Terry Johnson's fantasy art images.
Terry Johnson is happy. His painting ideas and subjects for his fantasy art images are all around him as he works, his beaming smile an invitation to chat for a while.
For Terry's subjects are us and his everyday surroundings. His keen skills of observation are matched by his light-hearted approach to life as he finds much to amuse him – and us.
Terry Johnson in his studio
Deftly he blocks in bright colour or adds a flourish here and there to an engaging painting, using his well practised acrylic painting techniques. With considerable skill, belied by his light-hearted approach, he makes comment or tells stories about an imaginary situation into which he draws the viewer.
Painting ideas flow so that reflections on drops of water, types of tropical fish, even lovers floating in the sky, are all part of Terry's fantasy art images.
'Fishermen's Dream' - acrylic on canvas
Terry enjoys painting his joyous stories...lovers float in Chagall-like poses in the sky, fish circle a bather or leap with abandon into his arms, crabs are juggled by a dancer in high heels as she prances along the beach, while a fisherman strings out his impossible-looking catch for all to admire.
Patterns in nature fascinate Terry and are increasingly being explored as part of his investigation into surfaces and interactions that happen there - whether they be surfaces of water, the ground, sky or air itself.
A Passion for Pineapples' - acrylic on canvas
Fantasy art images, humour and frivolity are Terry’s companions – and what fun he has with them as he journeys through life! Painting ideas just flow; his latest being an exploration of surfaces.
For all true artists have an insatiable curiosity and explore and research their subjects with a concentration and sense of purpose that non-artists may not appreciate.
'Escape to the Cape' - acrylic on canvas
Originally from USA, Terry lives for the summer months in South Australia with his wife, Nancy, where they run their own fine art gallery. But once the chill winds roll in from the Antarctic, across the Southern Ocean, they head north for the warmth of their other home in Port Douglas, North Queensland.
'Moonlight Meditation' - acrylic on paper
It seems to me that Far North Queensland, where everything seems to be exaggerated and larger than life and where the weirdest things seem to happen, is fertile ground for this imaginative artist.
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