Welcome….
Steve Johnson
I used to have a traditional artist online gallery type website but the internet and I have both moved on. The time had come for something a little less restrictive and a lot more interactive. There is no shop on this site as I really want this one to be more a part of the creative process itself and not just a glorified photo album. Of course if you like anything here please don’t hesitate to contact me and I’ll forward a price list. Most of my paintings are between $70 and $400 – without shipping and photography prices depends a lot upon intended usage.
I am into just about all forms of visual art with a preference for abstraction over realism – A musical note has no linguistic meaning beyond itself so why should a blob of paint on a canvas be subject to different rules?
Here you will find:
Writings about modern art in general and modern contemporary painting in particular
Images and videos of my own take on post impressionism and expressionism style art
Lots of visual art photography and abstract art photography.
Please feel free to make suggestions or comment on anything that you find here. Constructive criticism is always welcome.
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steve -
September 3, 2010 at 3:16 PM
I am currently shooting food pictures for my wife’s upcoming recipe ebook ‘ Minimalist Cooking 27 Practical Recipes.
The problem with photographing a series of shots for a publication can be defined as;
How to make the photographs form a cohesive collection without having them having a formulaic feel.
Sometimes it is good just to try something different and this shot is one such case. An attempt to get away from the white or back-lit backgrounds hence the piano stool, strange angle and blurred street background. Read more…
As a photographer working with scale has always fascinated me.
The idea of using electronic circuit boards, transistors and the suchlike as a metaphor for a city is hardly a new one. I wanted to attempt to capture this in an image but I wanted to focus on photographic atmospherics to push it away from the cold hard digital feel of the circuit board and more towards the ambiguity and less defined feel of a city. This image is not quite there but there is enough promise to make another attempt at some point in the future. I feel that there is more mileage yet in my circuit city photography project. Read more…
This is something a little different in the lighting food photography department. It is a photograph of a piece of carrot cake but shot in top of our oven. The oven is one of those with the burners under a translucent black material, presumable some type of fire resistant plastic. The background is an aluminum splash panel that was attached to the wall to make cleaning easier. Read more…
This is an honest attempt to answer the question What is Minimalism. As with most questions in art there is no easy answer and any two art historians are likely to give widely differing answers. Anyway, here is my shot at it.
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The rise of minimalist cooking is changing the art of food photography. The following is a look at some of the techniques adopted by photographers to capture the simplicity and the spirit of this modern cuisine. Whether it is because of the recession or a genuine desire to downsize and simplify, minimalist cooking has become extremely popular. Everything from expensive and hard to acquire ingredients to rarely used, specialized utensils and equipment have been pared back to the bare minimum. Less is definitely more. Many photographers have noticed this change, either consciously or intuitively and are evolving and adapting their techniques to suit. The old sumptuous saturated glistening overfilled image just doesn’t seem to be a good match for this new approach to cooking and food in general. Read more…
