"Bringing the Museum to You"

 

By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the first of two 12-piece Exhibitions of works by American contemporary Impressionist painter L. Diane Johnson (born 1951 in Trenton, New Jersey).

 

Johnson graduated in 1973, from The Ohio State University with a B.A. in Art Education. There she studied drawing, art history, sculpting and preparing exhibitions. By 1975, she secured a position as an art teacher in a private Christian school in Connecticut. 

Although teaching was fulfilling, Johnson had an increasingly strong urge to paint. She studied with pastel portraitist N. Lee Jackson and Daniel Greene N.A. Between Jackson and Greene’s instruction, Johnson found the grounding she needed to meet her artistic goals. 

 

Johnson worked as a corporate graphic designer garnering major awards for her work then ventured into owning her own company for 20 years. She worked with clients nationwide creating corporate identity programs, brochures, books, architectural renderings, and Web sites for Fortune 500 companies as well as small business.

 

Balancing both design and painting businesses, she continued her graphics company until painting became self-supporting in 1987 when she devoted full-time to painting/teaching and part-time to design.

 

Johnson began sharing her knowledge with others through private instruction and workshops conducted in Europe and the U.S. Additionally, she and her husband started the Art Business Academy. The Academy was developed to assist painters in marketing their work through seminars and private consulting. Her book, Promotion for Pennies, coauthored with Marketing Consultant, Sue Viders, is helping artists at all levels learn how to reach collectors with their work.

 

Johnson has won numerous awards and received accolades for her work, selling paintings worldwide through her studio and gallery partners. She is a full member of the Pastel Society of America, the International Society of Acrylic Painters, and other professional organizations. She’s listed in Who’s Who in American Art, Who’s Who in the South and Southwest and Who’s Who in Information Technology for her contribution to graphic design on the Web.

Johnson is a native of New Jersey and now lives in North Carolina with Douglas, her husband.