This Homer Johnson watercolor painting is a stunning original piece, signed by the artist. Featuring abstract figures on a wood surface, this painting is unframed and produced using watercolor painting technique. The listed artist, unfortunately, passed away in 2020. The painting is in good shape and will be personalized according to your framing instructions.

As a dealer or reseller, you can be assured of the authenticity of this original Homer Johnson piece. The vibrant expressionism style and use of paper material add to the uniqueness of the painting. Don't miss out on the chance to own this beautiful painting by Homer Johnson - a valuable addition to any art collection.

The French philosopher Henri Bergson said that life’s essence is in the movement by which it is transmitted. I agree with this idea. My work has always been involved with movement, gesture, and light. If I can still feel the gesture at the end of the painting process, I feel that I have succeeded. The essence of what I am searching for is in the movement. Light plays an important role in my work as well, by illuminating the movement. My work often involves figure groupings, such as mother and child themes or dancer themes. These ideas have been filtered through memory and reconstructed in the present. My years in Vermont have shown me that the same search for light and movement can be generated by landscape painting.

~Homer Johnson (1925-2020)

Homer Johnson, who died in September 2020, was an artist who painted not only what he saw, but what he felt and understood about people and their natural surroundings. An instructor of painting and drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts for 40 years, Homer shared with students his well-honed sensitivity toward light and space and movement. He also taught at the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia, and at Atlantic Community College in New Jersey.

Educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Barnes Foundation, Homer began his artistic journey at a technical high school, learning draftsmanship and technical drawing. Soon after graduating he was drafted into the Army Corps of Engineers, where he was shipped off to the Philippines and his skills were employed making maps for the war effort in the Pacific. After the war, he attended the academy and was awarded a Cresson Fellowship to travel to Europe and see the works of masters he had only known from black and white photos. He spent a few years in commercial art, designing boxes for chocolate bunnies and the like, before joining the faculty at the academy and dedicating his life to fine art.