Artwork
Krista Johnson has spent her life in the lush nature of Southwest Florida and her paintings are spirited expressions that capture the color, abundance and mystery of the world she loves.
“I have arrived at a style which is intrinsically mine-my paintings have a part of me,” states Krista. “When I am moved by something extraordinary, I have seen in nature, I try to convey those feelings onto the canvas. My hope is that it translates to the viewer.”
Johnson’s work has been exhibited locally and nationally. Group shows include Forever Friends at Watson Macrae Gallery, Sanibel (2020), Edison’s Jungle in the Caretaker’s Cottage at Edison Ford Winter Estates as part of the Thomas Edison Invitational (2019), Fort Myers Individual Grant Recipient Show at Sydney & Berne Davis Art Center (2017), Southwest Florida Juried Painting
Exhibit at Rookery Bay(2016) , 29th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition Alliance for the Arts(2015), FLOR 500 at Florida Gulf Coast University (2014) Honor, Country and Heroism, Art in Flight program at Southwest Florida International Airport (2012), Community of Artists at Florida Gulf Coast University in both 2011 and 2012, 24th Annual All Florida Alliance for the Arts (2010) , Leo and Krista Johnson : New Work January 2009 at Library Gallery at Florida Gulf Coast University, Myth and Metaphor in 2008 at Watson Macrae Gallery with Hollis Jeffcoat and Jim Krieger.
Public Commissions include 2000 Floral Wall Mural at the Alliance for the Arts and Hispanic Heroes Wall Mural at the YMCA in Fort Myers 2000.
Bio
Johnson has spent her entire life living in the Sunshine state where she is surrounded by a diverse blend of lush, natural wildlife.
With an introspective sense for her surroundings, a flair for creative use of color and a bit of whimsy, she creates paintings punctuated by images of nature and abstract emotion.
She studied art at Edison Community College (now Florida Southwestern). For twenty years, Johnson co-taught a children’s art program at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers where she also worked as the Exhibition Coordinator for fifteen of those years. In the latter capacity she worked with artists from across the country, developing a keen eye for art. She curated the Everett and Miriam Wade Exhibit in 2016, Buell Whitehead: A True Southern Treasure in January of 2010 and Florida Seminole Indians: A Journey with the White Medicine Man in January 2008.