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1st & 2nd August 2026
LEAMINGTON SPA
10am-6pm
Rob Johnson Art
Website:
www,robjohnsonart.com
I need some connection
Was that it?
Life is a matter of balance
Biography
As an artist, I am driven by exploring and capturing personal and external themes of memory, perception and identity and how they influence our mental health. The art I create is not meant to show real places, but inner ones formed by stress, anxiety and depression. Over the many years of creating art my audience seem to connect with it and it opens up conversations of their own personal struggles.
inspiration
Influenced by many things from my childhood, Hammer Horror, Eastern European animation, fairy tales. Combining painting, print and sculpture my illustrations often have a dark edge, depicting strange figures and scenes. Many are based on overheard conversations, people I meet or autobiographical. Combining all these past and present memories my work explores these themes and I suppose in a way tries to make sense of the world.
medium
Primarily I am a mixed media artist I tend to mix sculpture, painting and print techniques to create my work. Each work is different and although there is a seed of an idea to begin with, I let the medium dictate the direction the image. I also create shadow boxes from found and discarded objects, and recently repurposing old children's toys as small art sculptures.