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Originally from London, Ontario, Kevin’s boyhood pursuits included sports, the outdoors and capturing his world in drawings and pictures. After graduating from high school, Kevin traveled the world with the Canadian Armed Forces. He touched down in many lands such as Italy, England, Africa, Cyprus, Pakistan and Germany to name a few.
Throughout his life, Kevin has created art using many different mediums–oils, acrylics, watercolours, pastels and pencil. He tried his hand at airbrushing onto many different surfaces including fabric, illustration board and metal. While stationed at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario Kevin ran a custom airbrushing business and taught airbrushing techniques through the Loyalist College.
An auspicious posting to CFB Comox, British Columbia brought together the perfect elements for Kevin’s developing skills: an emerging love of wildlife art and the natural rugged beauty of the West Coast. It is here where nature’s splendour has become the inspiration for many of his works of art.
Being self-taught took many long hours sitting at his drawing board and has lead to his newfound appreciation of this lifelong learning process. As a dedicated pencil artist, Kevin has always loved the freedom, simplicity and range of the pencil medium. He strives to create photo realistic detail in his pieces. This is accomplished in the total absence of colour by relying on the texture and tonal values of the subjects.
Retired from the Forces, Kevin now resides on beautiful Quadra Island, located on the north east coast of Vancouver Island. Kevin, an avid photographer and kayaker, hopes to convey his deep appreciation for the beauty of the natural world around him through his art.
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Support for Conservation:
It was my honor to be included as One of Fifty artists that took part in "Canada’s Raincoast At Risk: Art for an Oil-Free Coast".
It was a project funded by the "Raincoast Conservation Foundation" and was organized by renowned artist Mark Hobson. This project gave artists a means in which to voice our concern about a potential oil disaster on Canada's West Coast. Artists took up Pencils, Paint, Sculpting tools and Voices to create awareness about the problems associated with Enbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline bringing very large oil tankers into the pristine, untouched lands of Canada's Great Bear Rain-forest.
www.raincoast.org
Special Achievements:
- 2014 - Leigh Yawkey Woodson - Birds In Art
http://www.lywam.org/birds-in-art/
It is my privilege to have been juried into the 2014 Birds In Art Exhibition with my piece titled "Less Than Impressed"
Publications:
- Strokes of Genius 6 - The Best of Drawing (2014)
- "For Generations to Come - Sea Otters" was juried into this published collection of drawing works and is to be published by North Light Books in the fall of 2014.
Published by: North Light Books
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Direct Correspondence to:
Kevin Johnson
c/o The Pencil Artwork of Kevin Johnson
Box 740
Quathiaski Cove, BC
Canada V0P1N0
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Home Page: Kevin Johnson's Latest Website
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All rights reserved. All images and text © Copyright 2024 Kevin Johnson - Member of the Artists for Conservation Foundation (Formerly
the Worldwide Nature Artists Group) www.natureartists.com.
This site represents the original artwork (nature art and wildlife art) of nature
artist and wildlife artist of Kevin Johnson and is protected by international copyright laws. Use
of nature art, wildlife art or any other images or text from this site, requires
permission in writing from Kevin Johnson (The Pencil Artwork of Kevin Johnson).
This site is part of the Artists for Conservation (AFC) Web site. (Wildlife
Art - Nature Art - Conservation) Artists for Conservation is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to
nature art, wildlife art and conservation. On this site you will find world-class
nature art and wildlife art by today's leading nature artists & wildlife artists.
The AFC site is the Web's premier location for nature art, wildlife
artists
All content appearing in pages featuring Kevin Johnson is the sole responsibility of Kevin Johnson. The opinions expressed on these artists' pages are those of Kevin Johnson and do not necessarily reflect those of the Artists for Conservation
Foundationi (AFC).
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