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SF Art Fair May 17-20, 2012

"Near Hungary," 2011-2012 52x70 inches $25,000

Recent Press:

SF Chronicle May 17

SF Chronicle Pink Section April 29

Huffington Post

Bakersfield Museum of Art

Peter Selz Interview

Are You Going with Me?

RES IPSA Gallery

Artist Talk at Res Ipsa Saturday 1:30

"Gammel Skagen," 2011-2012 24x40 inches

There are 14 new paintings in my show at Res Ipsa Gallery – to see them click here.  The gallery slide show has sizes and titles at the bottom of their screen and you can see which paintings are already sold.  This show is getting a lot of press.  It was mentioned in the Chronicle Pink Section article about Art Murmur Oakland,  in the Huffington Post interview I did a few days ago with John Seed,  and more press is coming in the May ArtLtd and Oakland Magazine.  The Chronicle is also running another piece on the show next week.  I’ll be at the gallery Saturday May 12, 1:30, for an artist talk.  You can request a new catalog from either me or the gallery.  We also have free passes for the May 17-20 SF Art Fair at Ft. Mason.  Some of my interview with Peter Selz is in this video at YouTube.

Gallery Talk in Oakland this Saturday, 1:30pm

"Smogen," 2011-2012 17x19 inches sold

There are 14 new paintings in my show at Res Ipsa Gallery and you can see them here.  The gallery slide show has sizes and titles at the bottom of their screen and you can see which paintings are already sold.  This show is getting a lot of press.  It was mentioned in the Chronicle Pink Section article about Art Murmur Oakland,  in the Huffington Post interview I did a few days ago with John Seed,  and more press is coming in the May ArtLtd and Oakland Magazine.  The Chronicle is also running another piece on the show next week.  I’ll be at the gallery Saturday May 12, 1:30, for an artist talk.  You can request a new catalog from either me or the gallery.  We also have free passes for the May 17-20 SF Art Fair at Ft. Mason.  Some of my interview with Peter Selz is in this video at YouTube.

Reception in Oakland May 4, Gallery Talk May 12

"Faro," 2012 18x27 inches sold

I’ll be in Oakland on May 4 for the opening of my new exhibit, Are You Going with Me?,  at RES IPSA Gallery and then back again for the artist talk on May 12. If you want a catalog, just send me a message and I’ll mail you one. Please watch for the ad in this week’s SF Arts Monthly and the article in this sunday’s SF Chronicle Pink Section.   Great interview in the Huffington Post too.  My paintings are still on view at the Bakersfield Museum of Art through May 27.

Cafe Borrone show closes April 15

"Truro (Blues)," 2011 20x28 inches sold

Please read the Huffington Post article about the Bakersfield Museum show I’m in.  Many of the paintings at Cafe Borrone in Menlo Park have sold.  E-mail me if you want me to hold anything for you.  On another note, my wife did a great interview which you can hear on NPR’s Tell Me More.  You can see additional albums of paintings on my FaceBook page.

Continuum, Bakersfield Museum of Art

"Garda-Vipiteno," 2012 46x64 inches sold

This week, the group show Continuum, opens at the Bakersfield Museum of Art.  I’m honored to be showing with Paul Wonner, Nathan Oliveira and Joan Brown.  There’s a great review in American Contemporary Art.  Lots of sales last week.  Please get in touch soon if there’s a painting you want because I’m going out of town…

Mitchell Johnson paintings in Crazy Stupid Love


"Truro (Bands)," 2009 Collection Provincetown Art Association

Thanks to my agent, Jennifer Long, at FILMART LA, you can see seven of my paintings from Cape Cod, Italy, France and Denmark in Steve Carell’s latest Warner Bros. film, Crazy Stupid Love.  The painting in the photo above, “Truro (Bands),” 2009, is in the collection of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Other paintings have appeared in The Holiday (2006) and It’s Complicated (2009).

New Paintings, new video

Antonio's Sunflowers, 2011 16x24 inches $5,500 SOLD

I have new work from Europe and Cape Cod so please get in touch about a studio visit.  My industrious son also prepared a video you can see here from my 2010 exhibit in Kansas City.

Mitchell Johnson and Karen Cappotto at Munson Gallery

"Yellow Table (Chatham)," 2011 28x24 inches $7,000

The new show, Color, Water and Shade, opens at Munson Gallery in Chatham Friday August 5.  I will be there for the reception from 5:30-7:00.  All of the paintings are now at the gallery so you can ask to see them if you are on the Cape.

Mitchell Johnson Paintings at Solo Ciccia

Small Abstract Paintings at Solo Ciccia in Panzano in Chianti

You can see some of my smaller abstract work if you are in Chianti in the next few months.  A group of my abstract paintings is now at Dario Cecchini’s Solo Ciccia – my favorite restaurant in Toscana.  Slow food and slow paintings are a good match.