Welcome to ArtfulEarth!
I'm Denise Johnson, an alcohol ink artist, guide and instructor. I've been doing artsy things all my life the earliest recollection is taking a wooden cutout of a chicken and gluing dried beans to it. Thankfully, I've picked up a few more creative skills along the way. Chickens are still with me, beans, not so much..
I'm Denise Johnson, an alcohol ink artist, guide and instructor. I've been doing artsy things all my life the earliest recollection is taking a wooden cutout of a chicken and gluing dried beans to it. Thankfully, I've picked up a few more creative skills along the way. Chickens are still with me, beans, not so much..
I paint with pure magic. It comes in small bottles. A Wild Child with a mind of its own and an attitude of pure joy. And the colors - oh my yes, the colors! These inks create stunning effects that no other medium can produce. I have many tools and techniques up my sleeve; alcohol brush, squirt bottles, spray bottles, stampers, paper towel, toilet paper....ABRACADABRA LOL!
I've discovered if I use my intuition and follow the inks where they lead, my paintings take on a life of their own. I paint on Corian, a beautiful material usually used for expensive countertops. My husband has a Corian cutting board business and purchases scraps that would otherwise be headed for a landfill. He garage crafts beautiful and functional Corian cutting boards. I scoop up his scraps (sometimes I help myself to non-scraps, don't tell him) and transform them into beautiful works of art.
I love that I can conjure up joy and happiness for myself, for those who come to paint with me and for those that purchase my art. My intent is simple... happiness. As one lovely lady commented at a recent show "Your work is so uplifting I can't help feeling happy!" and like the Hokey Pokey, that's what it's all about!
I hear my soul knocking. I answer with my art.
I've discovered if I use my intuition and follow the inks where they lead, my paintings take on a life of their own. I paint on Corian, a beautiful material usually used for expensive countertops. My husband has a Corian cutting board business and purchases scraps that would otherwise be headed for a landfill. He garage crafts beautiful and functional Corian cutting boards. I scoop up his scraps (sometimes I help myself to non-scraps, don't tell him) and transform them into beautiful works of art.
I love that I can conjure up joy and happiness for myself, for those who come to paint with me and for those that purchase my art. My intent is simple... happiness. As one lovely lady commented at a recent show "Your work is so uplifting I can't help feeling happy!" and like the Hokey Pokey, that's what it's all about!
I hear my soul knocking. I answer with my art.
"And I Give You
The Bird"
Ink Painting
On Corian
The Bird"
Ink Painting
On Corian
