Carol Brightman Johnson studies the light and other important features of a region while painting. She has a deep affection for her native New England where she often paints farms and woodlands. An abiding interest in the American West also takes Carol to Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, and California. Her plein air painting of “The Old Jensen Cabin” in Cody was chosen by Southwest Art magazine for the grand-prize in Wyoming Plein Air 2008.
Carol Brightman Johnson painted at the following Plein Air Festivals in 2008: Carmel, CA; Cheyenne, WY; Escalante, UT, and San Luis Obispo, CA, and is to date, juried into Carmel and Wyoming for 2009.
The Cheyenne, Carmel and San Luis Obispo festivals end with a “quick draw” – a timed event where nearly three dozen artists work in a designated area to paint, frame, and present a piece for immediate live auction.
Carol is a signature member of Paint America. Her painting “Morning at Paria View,” executed entirely on site at Bryce Canyon, was chosen for Paint the Parks Mini Top 50, 2007. Two of her studio pieces (one Grand Canyon, and one Yellowstone) are touring the U.S. with Paint the Parks Top 100. Two previous works of Bryce Canyon traveled with Paint America’s Mini Top 50, 2006.
A partial list of National Shows where Brightman Johnson has exhibited: Oil Painters of America National
in Fredericksburg, TX; Western Heritage Art Invitational, OK; Richeson 75: Still Life, WI; Red River Valley International Juried Art Exhibition, TX; 24th Annual Juried Show and Competition, NM; Central Coast National Fine Art Competition, CA; Associated Arts of Ocean Shores, WA; Memphis/ Germantown Art League’s Celebration of Architecture, TN; Third National Juried Art of the Horse, NJ; 27th Annual July National Exhibition, Southport, NC; Cooperstown Art Association 72nd Annual National, NY; 16th and 17th Annual Juried Art Competition, Breckenridge, TX; National Greeley Art Exhibition, CO; 22nd Annual Conservatory Art Classic, Clifton, TX; and American Plains Artists 23rd and 24th Annual Juried Exhibit,
Estes Park, CO and Midland, TX, Animal Kingdom XIV, Bennington Center for the Arts, VT.
She has studied with William Scott Jennings in Sedona, AZ and White Sand Lake, WI, David Lussier in Woodstock, CT, Ralph Oberg in Scottsdale, AZ, and Albert Handell in Putney, VT.
Carol graduated with honors from Boston University School of Fine Arts and did free-lance work: portraits, illustration, and images for advertisements. She produced weekly drawings for The Litchfield County Times, covers for The Chronicle of the Horse and Horse World U.S.A. magazines, and a line of limited edition prints.
Carol Brightman Johnson has garnered a number of prizes and honors. Her art is collected around the United States, Canada, England and Spain. Visit her at carolbrightmanjohnson.com |
