The Craft
The creation happens intuitively and in small quantities. It is a pursuit of recovery, a way to find simplicity in a world filled with stress and unreasonable expectations. Each artwork is an attempt to capture a feeling, a fragment, rather than to create a literal depiction.
For Johanna, it is more about communicating what she feels rather than what she sees in a sublime expression. The art is an emotional journey that goes deeper than the representation of the physical object. An attempt to capture the essence and a feeling beyond the visual.
Japandi Art is an elegant minimalist interpretation of nature and an attempt to create harmony and reflection in everyday life. With a stripped-down and simple expression, the paintings emerge in thin layers upon layers of acrylic and ink. A technique that requires both restraint and time. One can experience that they change appearance throughout the day depending on external factors such as weather, angles, and light. This is because certain layers shine through at different times, giving the painting slightly different characteristics.
In the process, each painting is completed with a poem to add another dimension to the artwork and the viewer's experience. A small window into the artist's inner world, where image and text together form the complete artwork. The goal is to allow the viewer to disappear into the art, even if just for a moment. To provide that small mental break from the noise of the outside world and be enveloped in their own thoughts and the healing power of nature. To encounter something where the eye and mind can find rest.
