Landscape paintings by Scott Johnson on display at Portola Art Gallery

A Connection to Nature, a collection of landscape paintings by artist Scott Johnson is featured at the Portola Art Gallery in February. His work is directly inspired by the artist’s ever-evolving personal connection to our natural world and the humility that comes with trying to capture something much larger and more complex than ourselves.

Born in 1977 in the San Francisco Bay Area, Scott focuses much of his artwork on the local landscapes of his California home. Painting exclusively in oils, he strives to capture the world in a style known as impressionistic realism. Though many of his paintings feature iconic locations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, Scott also draws inspiration from more “off the beaten path” scenes.

A juried Artist Member of the California Art Club, and member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Scott works directly from nature as much as possible to capture the effect of light, values, and colors that can only be seen in person. He has studied under some of the world’s foremost contemporary landscape and plein air artists, including Joe Paquet and Marc Dalessio. His historical inspiration comes from artists such as John Singer Sargent, Issac Levitan, Joaquín Sorolla, and Ivan Shishkin.

Scott will be available to meet and discuss his work on Saturday, February 24 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm; he is also available by appointment at the gallery.

More information about Scott’s artwork may be found online.

The Portola Art Gallery is located at the Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park.

Reflections (Oil, 18×24″) is one of the featured artworks in Scott Johnson’s February exhibit.