PORTALS: INTERIOR WORLDS AND ITALIAN LANDSCAPES
The works in this exhibit follow two main paths, observational paintings and paintings that are the result of an internal investigation. The paintings were painted in two places, my studio in Baltimore County Maryland and in Greve in Chianti Italy, over the last few years. These two paths developed in the aftermath of the pandemic and along my continuing journey as a parent.
The work consists of doorways, windows, allegorical fever dreams, and far away landscapes. Whether from life or internally developed, they are all part of a process of looking. Some paintings involve meditating on what is means to be a father, or to have been a child. Some involve looking at the inside of an idea or dream, as the world, and I, and loved one's change. These portals are allegories striving to describe the gaps between what I would like to articulate and what I can’t. The largest number of paintings derived from a looking that involves standing all day in one spot to better understand the way the elements converge in a particular place, or the way turning one’s head unveils a new world. Many of these paintings involved standing in a foreign landscape and noticing the differences between it and my own. The bulk of the observational paintings were painted on site in 3 separate trips to Italy over the last 3 years. VIEW CATALOG
Teddy Johnson
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PORTALS: INTERIOR WORLDS AND ITALIAN LANDSCAPES
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BIOGRAPHY:
Teddy Johnson's paintings explore storytelling, history, color, culture, and form. Solo exhibits include: The American Poetry Museum (2020), The Linda Matney Gallery (2019), The Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower (2016), MK Gallery (2016), and the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (2013/2014). His paintings have been featured in Fox 45's Hometown Hotspot and Baltimore Style Magazine. As a curator Teddy has collaborated on shows in Clarke County, VA, Baltimore, MD, Arnold, MD, and Brooklyn, NY. Teddy's education includes a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, an MFA from The Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia, and two semesters of study in Cortona, Italy. He is the Cade Gallery Director and an Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Anne Arundel Community College.
More about Teddy Johnson:
A Rolling Interview with Teddy Johnson
2023
Teddy Johnson Remembers Art Rosenbaum
2022
Kent Knowles and Teddy Johnson: Rorschach and Pavlov Walk into a bar
2021
CATCHING UP WITH TEDDY JOHNSON
2020
TEDDY JOHNSON DISCUSSES ABOUND
2019
Interview with David Campbell and Teddy Johnson
2015
Teddy Johnson, The Deposition , 2015, Oil on canvas, 31 1/2 × 31 1/2 × 1 in, 80 × 80 × 2.5 cm. PRIVATE COLLECTION
TEDDY JOHNSON, LOST HORSESHOES, MUNICIPAL BUILDING, WILLIAMSBURG VA 2014