Cheryl Johnson reveals the boundless possibilities of painting, driven by her passion for layers and aided by a gestural mark-making style that truly sets her work apart. The artist's energetic canvases undergo an alchemical transformation as a result of her transparent glazes adding veiled colors as well as the uncontrollably organic interactions between the oil and resin she often chooses to pour a propriety mixture she has refined through years of experimentation directly onto the canvas surface.

Cheryl starts by pouring this unique oil paint and medium combination over her substrate, allowing the colors to pool, splash, and stretch. She then rearranges her supports and adds more layers of paint, further altering her surfaces with brushes, rags, her hands or squeegee tools, in a method that is simultaneously revelatory and intuitive.

"In the beginning stage, the process is improvisational; a lot of serendipity occurs combined with planned value changes develop as I work with different colors and brushes.  I slowly allow the painting to take shape on its own. The painting process is about finding the finished piece, even though there are moments when it seems almost visible to me."

— Cheryl Johnson