Step inside the creative mind of artist Cheryl Johnson. A curated collection of studio notes, exhibition news, and essays exploring the philosophy behind her contemporary abstract art.
Acquiring art can often be one of the most challenging aspects of home decoration. A piece of art is a fixture, difficult to replace if your taste evolves, and frequently represents a significant financial commitment, especially when it comes to original works. This difficulty is often compounded by the pressure to possess specialized knowledge to select the "correct" piece, a feeling sometimes exacerbated by the formal environments of galleries or large art fairs.
It's understandable to feel overwhelmed by the prospect. As Kate Bryan, the head of collections for Soho House, observes, "Sometimes you can feel a bit excluded from art."
Yet, when chosen thoughtfully, framed visuals can be the most rewarding elements in a home, whether they serve as striking conversation pieces or become cherished family heirlooms.
With this in mind, Vogue sought advice from Bryan, who is responsible for selecting and curating art for the international creative members' club. She shared her insights on how to choose artworks that you'll be happy to display in your home indefinitely. Below are her key suggestions:
Art is more than just a purchase; it's an intimate exchange. For the independent collector, there's a unique satisfaction in forming a relationship with the person who created the work, perhaps through a conversation or by following them online.
“These are not products and commodities like other things you buy. You’re buying a bit of someone’s soul... You’re a custodian of something quite special, so it’s nice to be in touch with the artist in any way you can.”
Whether you're in a gallery booth or an art fair, the staff are there to help. Don't be shy about asking questions—it's part of their role, and artists genuinely want their work to be discussed.
Inquire about the price.
Ask about the artist's career stage.
Get background information: "Can you tell me a little about this piece? How old is the artist? Where are they based?"
Gather as much information as you possibly can.
Look for an artist with a clear and distinct voice. Art is often the most direct way an artist communicates their viewpoint, and there is always a perspective behind the work. You should aim to look at a piece and think, "I can genuinely understand what you are trying to say."
When you are viewing art, prioritize pieces that genuinely excite you and skip over anything that leaves you confused or frustrated. If you follow this rule, the art you select is likely to bring you lasting appreciation.
Don't be swayed by who the current "hot artist" is, as popularity won't guarantee a personal connection for you down the line. Avoid buying a piece simply because it's deemed a valuable product or commodity.
Instead, ask yourself these crucial questions:
How does this piece make me feel?
How will I feel living with this in my house?
What is it about this artist's work that I genuinely believe in?
What specifically about this piece connects with me?
Would you like me to find some resources on developing a relationship with emerging artists or perhaps tips on visiting an art fair?
How to Buy Art That Will Hang in Your Home Forever
Acquiring art can often be one of the most challenging aspects of home decoration. A piece of art is a fixture, difficult to replace if your taste evolves, and frequently represents a significant financial commitment, especially when it comes to original works. This difficulty is often compounded by the pressure to possess specialized knowledge to select the "correct" piece, a feeling sometimes exacerbated by the formal environments of galleries or large art fairs.
It's understandable to feel overwhelmed by the prospect. As Kate Bryan, the head of collections for Soho House, observes, "Sometimes you can feel a bit excluded from art."
Yet, when chosen thoughtfully, framed visuals can be the most rewarding elements in a home, whether they serve as striking conversation pieces or become cherished family heirlooms.
With this in mind, Vogue sought advice from Bryan, who is responsible for selecting and curating art for the international creative members' club. She shared her insights on how to choose artworks that you'll be happy to display in your home indefinitely. Below are her key suggestions:
Art is more than just a purchase; it's an intimate exchange. For the independent collector, there's a unique satisfaction in forming a relationship with the person who created the work, perhaps through a conversation or by following them online.
“These are not products and commodities like other things you buy. You’re buying a bit of someone’s soul... You’re a custodian of something quite special, so it’s nice to be in touch with the artist in any way you can.”
Whether you're in a gallery booth or an art fair, the staff are there to help. Don't be shy about asking questions—it's part of their role, and artists genuinely want their work to be discussed.
Inquire about the price.
Ask about the artist's career stage.
Get background information: "Can you tell me a little about this piece? How old is the artist? Where are they based?"
Gather as much information as you possibly can.
Look for an artist with a clear and distinct voice. Art is often the most direct way an artist communicates their viewpoint, and there is always a perspective behind the work. You should aim to look at a piece and think, "I can genuinely understand what you are trying to say."
When you are viewing art, prioritize pieces that genuinely excite you and skip over anything that leaves you confused or frustrated. If you follow this rule, the art you select is likely to bring you lasting appreciation.
Don't be swayed by who the current "hot artist" is, as popularity won't guarantee a personal connection for you down the line. Avoid buying a piece simply because it's deemed a valuable product or commodity.
Instead, ask yourself these crucial questions:
How does this piece make me feel?
How will I feel living with this in my house?
What is it about this artist's work that I genuinely believe in?
What specifically about this piece connects with me?
Would you like me to find some resources on developing a relationship with emerging artists or perhaps tips on visiting an art fair?
How to Buy Art That Will Hang in Your Home Forever
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"First of all, move me, surprise me, rend my heart;
make me tremble, weep, shudder, outrage me!
Delight my eyes, afterwards, if you can...
Whatever the art form, it is better to be extravagant than cold."
-Denis Diderot: Artist, Writer, Philosopher and frequent guest of the Château (1713 - 1784)
January 18
You’re indecisive because you’re afraid of making the wrong choice. You’re approaching it as if the choice you make will be irrevocable, and if you choose wrongly you’ll doom yourself to misery. In most cases, if you feel like you’ve made a mistake you can take steps to change it. This applies in most situations in creating art. You have the ability to make a mark, change its direction, cover it or let it continue.
Cheryl Johnson painting the St. Lawrence River-Commission
60" x 72" inches
Cheryl Johnson is pleased to introduce our new artist-centric newsletter ART RUSH Blog and Newsletter where we'll take the time to delve deeply into one artist in the Cheryl Johnson archive of paintings. Aiming to show a fuller picture of the breadth of Cheryl Johnson's artistic' career, we will feature our favorite stories, podcasts, interviews, and videos from the archive, as well as new and upcoming projects.
I believe that to be an artist you must have a spirit of openness. To be truly inspired, to live and create magically and extraordinarily, we must first be in awe of life, immerse ourselves in wonder, be a friend to imagination, curiosity and mystery and be a lover of rapture.
The prayer of Jabez is a very short yet powerful prayer mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:10. It reads:
“Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.”
Been ages since I have blogged saw this on a Louise Fletcher Artist site. Thank you.
I have been re-reading Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Marie Rilke, which has always been one of my favourite books. René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), better known as Rainer Maria Rilke (German: [ˈʁaɪnɐ maˈʁiːa ˈʁɪlkə]), was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist. He is "widely recognized as one of the most lyrically intense German-language poets".
Rilke was a poet who had achieved some success and he was approached for advice by an aspiring writer. Over the years he sent letters to the young man, each one filled with incredibly wise advice about the creative process. After Rilke's death, the letters were published as a book and each time I read it, I find something new. This time, it was this quote:
I know no advice for you save this: to go into yourself and test the deeps in which your life takes rise; at its source you will find the answer to the question whether you must create. Accept it, just as it sounds, without inquiring into it. Perhaps it will turn out that you are called to be an artist. Then take that destiny upon yourself and bear it, its burden and its greatness, without ever asking what recompense might come from outside. For the creator must be a world for himself and find everything in himself and in Nature to whom he has attached himself.
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Rap·ture
/ˈrapCHər/
Since it has my name it it cher it must be perfect word.
a feeling of intense pleasure or joy.
"Cheryl paints with rapture"
synonyms:
ecstasy, bliss, euphoria, elation, exaltation, joy, joyfulness, joyousness,rhapsody, enchantment, delight, exhilaration, happiness, pleasure, ravishment; More
RAPTURE LUCHITA HURTADO
I am inspired and amazed by her work and vitality. She paints what she knows and feels. I must learn to do the same. Thank you Luchita
I live where rainbows are in the sky and the trees.
Look to this day,
for it is life, the very breath of life.
In its brief course lie
all the realities of your existence;
the bliss of growth,
the glory of action,
the splendor of beauty.
For yesterday is only a dream,
and tomorrow is but a vision.
But today, well lived,
makes every yesterday a dream of happiness,
and every tomorrow
a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day.
“Why don’t you sign all your paintings on the front?”
This is just one of the many questions I often hear.
A few reasons: It depends on the painting and if I think signing will take away from the continuity.
Then I prefer the painting to be not-disrupted, I often sign simply Cheri or at other time use my full signature CJohnson or Cheryl Johnson added with a paint pen or with a brush.
Then there are times I think people may like to turn my paintings a different way!
But each one is signed and dated on the reverse and includes the catalog number and a label telling you more about the series and the finish - whether it’s been varnished, sealed or waxed.
Who is Cheri, Cherinow and Cherah Boryl Jaurvaii...? In my earlier career I used nicknames, pseudonym and family name to create a wonderful body of work.
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I LOVE EXPLORING ARTISTS WORK AND I am CONTINUALLY INSPIRED
I love writing and continually prattle, chortle, guffaw.
My thoughts.
November 27, 2017
Today I explored Blue. "I have been asked how do I start a painting. First I breathe deeply, and my spirit prays, and then I let my pencil take a walk guided by my mind and I begin to trace the shapes of space and boundaries in my everyday life. I move with intention as my body feels. Then I sit back and look. Intently look. When various senses appear to be woven together with the impressions of my reality, I stop. Shapes and colors appear that my mind has come to embrace, and with each addition of form and universal shapes that my heart longs for, another day appears on my canvas. I'm attempting to create my everyday. Painting for me is essential. It is my being speaking and living. I am painting atmospheres; emotions and actions that can't be expressed by words; perhaps exuberant and then nothing special, but surely existing." I believe abstract art can carry metaphorical meanings.
To me, something is metaphorical when you use it to stand for or symbolize, another thing. For example, a dark sky in a poem might be a metaphorical representation of sadness. Although this world is filled with blue it does not mean I am able to feel blue - No one actually ever feels like the color blue, although many people say they are "feeling blue" to mean they are feeling sad.
But to me in this blue, I am remembering the sky. Exhaulted and never ending, uplifting.
Joy
My heart is overflowing with joy.
Thursday, November 9, 2017
I wake up every morning with a song of joy playing in my mind. I choose to look forward in anticipation of all the wonderful things that lie ahead of me.
Making a choice to be happy is not always easy but I know it is worth doing. It sets the tone for everything that is to follow. I commit myself to seeing the good in life. Even if something appears to be negative, I affirm that there is more to it than meets the eye. What seems to be wrong could be just a blessing in disguise!
The joy I feel is so strong that I feel compelled to share it with others. I remind myself that one simple smile or kind word can turn someone’s day completely around. It fills me with happiness to know I can be an ambassador of divine joy and love.
Whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy.—James 1:2
RAMBLINGS
LOUD Silence
You need to be loved
You need to be recognized
You matter
People value what you are doing
You need to hear public praise twice
I did not listen the first time
Tell me again
Someone to say
You spent your life well.
Easy does it
Not really
Life is hard
Really
Work
Work made
Work made by
Work made by the hand
My hand
Really
Heavy
Headed
Light
hearted
I am an Eternal optimist. I keep going. Keep Painting. Flying.
Kaua'i -based artist, photographer and Imagineer. I paint emotions, people, places and things. I am an American Abstract Expressionist Painter and Photographer.
As Ansel Adams says... “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” And to quote my favorite painter, Joan Mitchell. "Feeling is something more; it’s feeling your existence. It’s not just survival. Painting is a means of feeling ”living”… .Painting is the only art form except still photography which is without time. Music takes time to listen to and ends, writing takes time and ends, movies ends, ideas and even sculpture take time. Painting does not. It never ends, it is the only thing that is both continuous and still, Then I can be very happy. It’s a still place. It’s like one word, one image." I agree...I want my work to exude joy, celebration, measured clarity and a sense of self. Creating art is more about communicating what I’m feeling than what I’m seeing. About me.
SOLD Painting "Study of George Dyer by Francis Bacon.
Now what
Lost in the Finding
time moves
days are explored
life is lived
memories are erased
feelings are declared
on anxiety's edge i balance precariously between pause and flow...
Musing Reflection -Prattle
amble, stumble,
regain
guffaw, chortle
mindless prattle
cleavor; perhaps dull.
white thoughts,
black days
fear to halt.
sounds of yes
hearing
no no no no no
soaring, flying, finding,
unwinding, unyielding
unfolding, unbinding
delighted in resting
THIS PLACE
tired of trying
wanting
longing for
yes yes yes yes yes
whenever, whatever
perhaps today
hopeful tomorrow
Since I was a little girl I’ve anchored in my heart or paired memories with the location and the people who were there, from sisters, Bonnie and Marlene, Auntie Swea or cousin Linda to now my Partner CA. I always subliminally worry about forgetting memories I create with my loved ones, and when I am able to capture some of that I know it will stay with me. Read more.
Can you really make money from your art? Read more
"I paint because I must. It is my passion and my joy and my release of emotion."
As I continue to explore and learn more about the process of painting I am finding my preference and primary medium is oil paint on canvas. The richness of the colors and ability to glaze influences my choices and enables me to work more freely. Read More
For thus says the Lord: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I
will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes.-Jeremiah chapter 10. ...I felt it was a word from the Lord just for you. Read More
I came across this article and was thrilled to see it as this Gustav Klimt is one of my favorites. Read all of Artnet News it is one of my favorite sites to keep current
Oprah Winfrey made a pretty penny selling Gustav Klimt‘s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912) for $150 million in 2016, reports Katya Kazakina for Bloomberg. The buyer is allegedly an unidentified Chinese collector, who pulled the trigger on the purchase over the summer. Read more.
JAN. 26, 2017 Soulage, de Kooning, Kline
I continue to explore the works of many artist and have been drawn to the Abstract Expressionists, Soulage, William de Kooning and Franz Kline. Read about these wonderful artists.
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JAN 16.2017 GOOGLE G-SUITE AND NEW SITE-I LOVE IT!
WRITTEN BY Cheryl Johnson
Cheryl Johnson, Abstract Artist builds New Google G-Suites Website
Cheryl Johnson Artist New Site Goes Live! January 16, 2017
I am one year in from buying G-suite by Google Cloud and learning about Google Apps and Google Drive and it has been a journey of learning and awakenings. Read more.
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Luchita Hurtado
