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©Johanna Spinx- 4/6/10 Demo Artist
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Johanna's affiliations also include Allied Artists of America,
Artists Fellowship of New York, Players’ Club of New York, National Arts
Club, Portrait Society of America (Johanna was proud to serve as its'
California State Ambassador for three years), and Portrait Society of
Atlanta.
"I have always loved and studied every aspect of art but portraiture was a
natural draw for me. There was just nothing else I wanted to paint. I am
fascinated by faces and I study them all day long even when I'm not actually
painting them, at the local coffee shop, at the drycleaners, at a L. A.
Lakers Game, wherever...but painting a portrait is so much more than
capturing a likeness. It is about a very delicate and sympathetic rendering
of that person's essence and spirit for posterity and for future generations
to see.
"And for me, that is where the real thrill and challenge comes in
artistically. No one wants to see a dull soulless portrait however well it
is painted. There are plenty of those on museum walls already. That special
spark which brings tears to the client's eyes on delivery has to be there or
you haven't done your job as a portrait artist. I want people to say 'Wow,
you really captured the person... and it's also a great painting. Then I
know it is a job well done."
Johanna steadfastly observes from her Malibu studio the grand tradition of
oil portraiture after studying in museums around the world the works of the
Old Masters from Frans Hal and Velasquez to John Singer Sargent and Lord
Frederick Leighton.
She is particularly grateful for the inspiration and teachings of modern day
master Mr. Everett Raymond Kinstler N.A. (painter of five U.S. presidents
and over 50 cabinet members) with whom she has studied at The New York Art
Students' League and The National Academy of Design.
Her classical oil portraits and paintings hang in both public and private
collections in the United States, Canada, England and Australia.
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