Painting selected for the NEAC in 2021
Painting in Valle Maira Italy in August 2020 and February 2023
Photo credits : Mel Watson and David Sorrell
Born in the U.S., Janet Johnson grew up amid the rolling hills and lush farmland of central Pennsylvania, beginning her lifelong fascination with the landscape.
Educated at the Tyler School of Art and Villa Schifanoia Graduate School of Fine Art in Florence, Janet studied first-hand the masterworks of Italian painting and sculpture. That experience fueled her desire to present themes of beauty in a figurative style.
The dramatic landscape art of the Romantic period is an important influence on the artist’s portrayal of the landscape. In a similar way, Janet envisions the profound experience of nature: as a source of pleasure and sensuous beauty as well as spiritual uplift.
The expansive mountain scene is a hallmark of the artist’s style. The mountain landscape is framed as a metaphor for the larger journey of life. Against this backdrop the artist portrays moments of serene contemplation, as well as scenes of action that highlight moments of courage in a challenging environment.
In her nocturne works, the artist explores the ephemeral beauty of the landscape at night. Evoking a dream-like mood, the artist takes the viewer into a transcendent moment where snowy peaks shimmer against the night sky, lit by the moon and stars above.
Janet Johnson’s paintings are held by collectors worldwide: in England, Europe, North America, and Asia. Her work is profiled in the book, The Artists of the Alpine Club, by Peter Mallalieu.
EXHIBITIONS
The Alpine Club London
‘What Would Lucy Say’ group show November 2024 to February 2025
“A Wider Landscape’, group shwo cuarted by Polly Townsend 2022
‘Mountains and the Sea: Svalbard and Northern Norway’ solo 2018.
‘Glory of the Glacier,’ group show contempoirary artists and Alpine Club Collection artists, curated by me 2016.
‘Encounters with Rock, Snow, and Ice’ solo 2015.
‘The Haute Route,’ solo 2010.
Fosse Gallery Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire
Landscape scenes selected for seasonal group exhibitions from Winter 2016.
Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery London
Works chosen for the Open Competition. Exhibitions in 2011, 2013, 2017 and 2019.
Solo Exhibitions
The Eagles Ski Club Centenary – Grand Hotel & Kurhaus solo exhibit March 2025
Solo show: Smith & Williamson corporate office London, 2019.
‘Arolla Sublime,’ Grand Hôtel & Kurhaus, Arolla, Switzerland, 2015 to 2017.
‘Alpine Paintings,’ Parkhotel Beau Site, Zermatt, Switzerland, 2011 to 2012.
“Haute Route” Grand Hotel & Kurhaus Arolla . Switzerland June to September 2012
‘Haute Route – Alpine Paintings,’ Hôtel de la Couronne, Argentière, France, 2011 to 2012.
‘Art in the Office,’ Boston Consulting Group, London 1996.
Young & Rubicam, London 1992.
Solo Show: The Orangery in Holland Park, London 1991.
Solo Show: Morley Gallery, Southwark London 1988.
Selected Group Exhibitions
Light Bulb – Hidden House Gallery London June 2024
A Blanket of Stars June 2024 – Fronteer Galley Sheffield
Discerning Eye 2021 three oil paintings selected
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2021
Discerning Eye 2017 selected
Not the Royal Academy LLewellyn Alexander Gallery London
Wellbeing Charity Sale – The Charity for Civil Servants / organized by The Art Movement – at Bonhams and Phillips auction houses London in 1997 and 1998
Royal Academy Summer show 1994 selected
Spectator Art Award, ‘Reflections’ theme, Christie’s auction house in London and Edinburgh 1993.
Laing Art Competition at Mall Galleries, 1992 and 1994.
Hunting Group Art Prizes, Mall Galleries 1986.
Miniprint Internacional-Cadaques, Barcelona, Spain 1983 and 1987.
XIII Il Premio Diomira 1981 – Nazionale del Disegno (drawing competition), Milan Italy 1981
Selected Gallery Exhibitions in the Past
Jane Newbery, Dulwich, The Honor Oak Gallery, London, Creaser Gallery Portobello London, Stephen Bartley Gallery in Kings Road, Moreton Street Gallery Pimlico, The Osborne Studio Gallery in Covent Garden, Wingfield Sporting Art London, Equus Art in Newmarket, Beatrice Royal Gallery in Southampton.
Selected Art Fairs
Affordable Art Fair Battersea Park, Landmark Art Fair Teddington, Windsor Art Fair.