"Lower Manhattan From SF," 2017
A Mitchell Johnson NYC painting from nearly ten years ago
Mitchell Johnson on Color
Thoughts on color theory, contemporary painting, and the art world at large. Mitchell Johnson’s color and shape driven paintings exist at the intersection of color theory, art history, nostalgia, and observed experience.
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Artists Who Refused to Wait
Gauguin, Kirchner, Stella, Monet
Closing Soon: Izzy Barber
Izzy Barber's exhibit, Clay Pigeons, at Charles Moffett Gallery NYC
The Horizon Line And the Birth of Modernism
Why did so many painters go to the coast?
Two Fairfield Porter Paintings
"Katie," 1969 and "Jimmy and John," 1957-58 might be the standouts in "What Everyone Knows"
Josef Albers Versus Johannes Itten
Considering two of the most important color books of the 20th century
New Provincetown and Truro Paintings
Several large recent Mitchell Johnson paintings
ATM Advice for France and Italy
Some travel advice for Europe
A Visit to Meyreuil, 2026
Visiting the Village of Meyreuil, southeast of Aix-en-Provence where I frequently painted in 1989-1991
Paris painting in the Summer WSJ Magazine
Mitchell Johnson's Paris painting on page 97 of WSJ