Johanna Melvin Art

Recent solo exhibition. CONUNDRUM 2021 Photo by Paul Tucker — Photo from solo exhibition. CONUNDRUM 2021 Photo by Paul Tucker

In journalism a colour story is defined as one that “emphasises the colour of a situation’; that is, one based on description, atmosphere and emotion rather than straightforward factual reportage’.
This seemed an appropriate title for a solo showing of my recent paintings at Pictorem Gallery.

Some of these works could be described as short stories, or non-linear diary entries, each one reflective of a past situation, atmosphere or emotion that lends itself to an intuitive process of colour association.

Very pleased to have paintings on display at Soho Home, New York; Los Angeles and London. The works were selected as part of an ongoing curatorial collaboration with Rise Art.

About the Work

Johanna Melvin is a London based abstract painter whose work is constructed through an intuitive process of masking, veiling, obliterating - and then resurrecting - colour, form, composition and texture, in a negotiation between accident and control. The aim is to find new structures, colour relationships and haptic sensibilities.

Urban landscape, architecture, colour, gesture as a kind of handwriting, and sometimes music references have been constants in her work. More recently the lens has shifted focus to a sense of ‘place’ and to memories evoked therein. Each painting could be described as a non-linear visual diary entry.

Artwork titles are arrived at intuitively, sometimes evolving from snatches of conversation, prose or song lyrics, but often from memories or preoccupations whilst a painting is evolving that somehow become imbued within the work.

Johanna’s works on canvas, aluminium and paper are featured on several online gallery platforms:
Art Gazette
Rise Art

‘Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.’ Actor and Educator, Stella Adler.

For artwork enquiries please email Jo at : johanna_melvin@hotmail.com

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2024