Mary-Anne Johnston
About the artist:
Mary-Anne Johnston grew up on the border of urban Peterborough and farm country. Her formal education included undergraduate degrees in English Literature and (later) Classical Literature from Trent University, followed by travel and adventures which included years of sailing, mainly in the Hawaiian islands.
Johnston became involved in jewelry making, which led to representations in galleries across Canada and shows, including One-of-a-Kind (Toronto).
A love of myth and story, as well as a fascination with the complexity of the human psyche, led Mary-Anne to the study of depth psychology at C.G. Jung Institute, Zürich where she graduated as a Jungian analyst.
Currently Mary-Anne is fully engaged in art making. Recently, she developed skills in drawing and painting at the Haliburton School of the Arts. Workshops with Brian Atyeo and Rowena Dykins influenced the direction of Mary-Anne’s art, especially to find her groove in the place between abstraction and literal representation.
The themes of her life which flow through her art include: the human relationship with animals (the comedic and tragic), the Earth, the mystery and challenges inherent in that ‘otherness,’ and the deep poetic rivers that renew us as humans — all of these situations enter Johnston’s art.Â
For Mary-Anne, alongside the deep despair concerning this Climate Crisis, always runs a love and playfulness and gratitude for being alive with such beauty and intelligence in the non-human world.
Exhibitions
Jenny Kastner, Haze, acrylic on canvas
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Oct 8, 2022 to Nov 6, 2022
Miguel Hernandez Autorino, Why I Left, 2022, oil on canvas KAST 2022 Selections Exhibition
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour: Selections
Jul 9, 2022 to Oct 2, 2022
Bronson Smith - All about Art Online Auction 2021
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Oct 21, 2021 to Nov 21, 2021
Installation view of KAST Selections exhibition. From Left: Paul Nabuurs, Bronson Smith, David Hickey
Selections: 37th Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour Exhibition
Jul 22, 2021 to Oct 3, 2021
Jane LowBeer, String Theory, 2015, monotype on paper, 22" x 28"
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Oct 8, 2020 to Nov 8, 2020
Left: Leanne Baird, Forest Light, 2020, acrylic on canvas; Right: Victoria Wallace, Silhouette Series: #10, 12, 20, 21, 2019, encaustic, ink and oil pastel
Selections: 36th Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour Exhibition
Aug 20, 2020 to Nov 8, 2020