“There is indeed a language of paint that is purely visual and emotional that can touch us deeply but can never be captured in the written or spoken word no matter how hard we try.”

 Robert Johnson is a traditionalist. The Virginia-born painter embarks on each of his meticulously rendered and colorfully expressive paintings with the technical ambition of his European and early American forebears, and with an innate passion that he has spent most of his life cultivating. Invoking the technique and spirit of the old masters, Johnson seeks to capture and impart the timelessness of well-crafted works of art.

 The artist uses sumptuous pigments, energetic brushwork, and a combination of unrefined and polished elements to translate his subject matter into engaging two-dimensional compositions. Creating a painting that exhibits both physical and intangible beauty is his ultimate concern.