“Evening’s Trail” | Richard A Johnson Art

There are many places I have gone looking for things to paint. My favorite place has been Cumberland Island, Georgia. It has wonderful landscapes and wildlife including wild horses. In this painting the viewer is going down a trail, its evening, and there are three of the wild horses further down the path. I’ve done about twenty paintings from the Cumberland Island area, this being the newest and largest one. I finished with painting September 3rd, 2018.

My landscapes start off with a base coat of Raw Sienna, Then block in the large areas with dark greens and the color I use for the sky, finally I start several weeks of dots and dashes of constantly changing colors to form the trees and bushes. The Cabbage Palms in this painting took nine days to paint.

Title: Evening’s Trail
Size: 60″x48″
Price: $9200.00
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

About Artist

About Richard

Richard developed an interest in nature at an early age by going camping and fishing with his family. His mother was an avid bird watcher, and his father took him fishing often. Fishing helped him develop patience and an eye for doing landscapes. Richard attended The Ringling School of Art and Design, where he fine tuned his eye for landscapes and developed the ability to put what he saw on canvas. He did well in his landscape and drawing classes. Richard is also known for his Tronpe-loeil paintings which he started in 1977. Trompe-loeil roughly translates "To Fool the Eye". His paintings are so realistic that people go up and touch them. Most people are surprised when they find them to be only paint on canvas. People find Richard's landscapes to be relaxing and his Trompe-loiel pieces thought provoking and fun.