MJo-art, A Contemporary Abstract Artists Paintings

Contemporary Abstract Artists Paintings create a stunning addition to any room or space.  As a Modern artist I paint distinctive abstract art, but getting it seen and making the impact these Contemporary abstract Paintings can have is the challenge of all artists today the world over. 

As Artist promoting my work is a fundamental part of generating interest in both myself and the artwork I produce. Video and slide shows presentations are a perfect way for  Contemporary Artists like me to present Abstract Paintings in an easy and simple way that anyone can access through PC, Mobile or  modern Tablets.

Shot Presentations and video like the one below can do more than just show of my abstract art to the world, video is also able offer insights and a rich diverse range of information to an ever growing audience in bite-sized chunks that can inform and attract attention across the world wide web.

Making and hosting Artists video's of Contemporary artwork is to day simple and channels like YouTube make it easy present dedicated videos to almost any subject like My YouTube Channel  and then direct visitors to Facebook Pages or Web-Sties with ease 

This shot video of my Contemporary Abstract Artists Paintings is one of the fun ways you could  precent your Paintings or Artwork to the world so why not take a quick look and let me know just what you think I would love to know what I did well or could have done better.   

Emerging British Abstract Artists New Exhibition

Contemporary Abstract Artist Mjo-art an Emerging British Artist has developed a reputation for Creating Stunning Abstract Paintings. 

yet the Artist new Exhibition to be held this Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th of October between 10 and 4pm at Hylands House is a retrospective exhibition exploring the Emerging British Artists move towards Contemporary Abstraction.

This is the First Regular Exhibition organised by the Essex Artists Studios who are a small group of talented Essex artists working to promote the arts in Essex by inviting Emerging Essex Artist to present original art directly to the public at this prestigious public venue in the City of Chelmsford. 

About the Essex Artist Mark Johansen 

Mark Johansen was bourn in 1960 in Enfield, North London the elder of Identical twins, Mark has always struggled with Dyslexia, but Painting and Art have always been his passion. It is he say's "difficult to express yourself when you can't see the words, but Painting, Frees me, It has given me a voice of colour and energy".

After becoming a full-time artist in the late 1990's he was able to draw on a wealth of experiences, skills and talents both professional and personal as butcher, chef and single male parent that created the original abstract artist he is today. 

MJo-art's reputation for creating dramatic colourful Abstract Paintings in Contemporary painting style that are visually stunning has over the last few years seen Mark Johansen develop as an Emerging British Abstract Artist.

for more information about MJo-art as an emerging british artist this exhibition organised by the Essex Artists visit and like Essex Artists Studios Facebook page.  

A Painting in progress

A Painting in progress... is one of the study paintings exploring figures for a commission that I'm currently working towards which requires knowledge of an energy and passion that is perhaps outside of my understanding. 

The painting half finished

just one of the rough sketches for this painting

This exploration has been enlightening and at times disturbing. The commission is for a lady's bedroom ( I think ) and focuses on a group of sexy figures that has an implied violence of passion rather than detail. ( click to find out more about this sexy figurative commission )

This Painting in progress is just one of the studies and crates a dark and foreboding atmosphere that I'm finding both fascinating and intriguing to paint the contrast between the lights and darks is startling as is the contrasts of  angular hard edge lines and soft flowing curves that both seam to work within this distorted if sexy painting that implies all the vigorous passion and energy conveyed in a single half seen nude.

Admittedly I still have a way to go with this painting but the need to retain the rough and ready feel that has developed throughout the drawings and process of applying the paint. 

This painting like the other three painting exploring this subject from very differing styles and approaches are makings  the whole process absorbing for me as an artist. 

Girl with pearls uses Picasso style thick black lines amid bright impasto paint, Five figures explores lines and colours in a different way while Thrown Down is a volatile mixed media painting that brings together subtlety and raw energy to find out more about these figurative study paintings just follow the links below.

Interested in seeing  more Modern or abstract paintings by the artist visit www.mjo-art.com for a unique collection of fantastic and diverse paintings as well as lots of articles and much more besides.

Thrown Down... ( http://mjo-art.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/thrown-down-sexy-painting-study.html )
Five figures ( http://www.mjo-art.com/five_figures.html )
Girl with pearls... ( http://mjo-art.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/girl-with-pearls-fugitive-sexy-painting.html )

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Thrown Down a Sexy Painting Study

Thrown down is just one of the sexy painting studies exploring a commission I reluctantly took on a few months ago and although i have written about this intended painting before ( click here to read ) I have struggled to grasp the subject matter as it is so alien to my personality.

Thrown Down

Mixed-media, acrylic, oil pastel, charcoal 

and graphite 60 x 50 cm's, unframed

Normally I don't do commissions, yet this one offered the freedom to paint what I wanted without a time frame, all I was asked to do was paint a sexy group of male and female nudes.

The Other paintings done as studies for this commission like girl with pearls, Five figures (view this painting on website) and the 'A Painting in progress' that I'm currently working on have all helped develop a different atmosphere in each painting which is cool.

The problem was not so much the subject just the style of painting that could capture the energy and violence that such a subject required. Normally I might have headed towards softly blended colours that create a harmony of tone and contrasts. 

However after chatting with her I realised that although detail is of no value the implied passion and violence of the moment was vital to the overall effect she was looking for.

Thrown down is an almost violent and powerful painting with sex at its core. The hard dark lines outline the physical process of the figure being cast down, within the painting several outlines can be made out of the twisting form as she is thrown to the floor....

The patches of bright colour add to the power of the image and even the face has sublime and resigned expression of acceptance that is frighteningly passive and real that makes the whole painting both sexy, horrifying and beautiful fascinating.

As an individual I'm both repulsed and delighted with this sexy painting study that has taken me to areas of my consciousness that I have never really explored before the result has been a liberating artistic voyage of discovery and freedom.  

For more Modern or abstract paintings by the artist visit www.mjo-art.com for a unique collection of fantastic and diverse paintings as well as lots of articles and much more besides.

Thank you for contributing to this community I deeply appreciate your valuable time as I realise that all comments allow us to learn from our mistakes and build on our successes

What is Great Art?

What is Great Art?  we must define that first, before we can understand What makes great abstract art... lets be honest there’s a lot of paintings that are thinly disguised as art... patterns or paint effects that look good... But is that truly art?

Free Hand 2
For more info about this painting click 

Painting and the act of Abstraction is an exploration of the human state.  The ability of the Artists to be story tellers or poets to inspire the powerful stimulating visual impact that abstraction has. Artist create a vision through there eyes that anyone can relate to, in colour, line, shape and form.

Great Abstract Paintings creates and evoke strong reactions within us. They Remain Fresh, Vibrant and Relevant even over time and creates stimulating powerful visual impact and energy as a definition of what it is to be alive.

All Great art has timeless quality that retains relevance over the years that brings the story of the painting closer to us and our lives and makes us consider or even just react. Great art is all of these things and that little bit more...

This is just a snippet of the full article hosted on my website helping you to chose and buy Abstract paintings for your home or Office (click hear to read the full article) by understanding what is grate art you can better understand what makes abstract art great.

Click here for more great art articles....  

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For artist, video is the fastest growing way to get found on the internet.

For artist, video is the fastest growing way to get found on the internet. With millions of videos available to view Day or Night Online, Videos cannot be ignored by any business, or for that matter artist. Youtube is the most popular video sharing site on the net, The One Big thing I have noticed is artist and art gets relatively few views.... its not the quality of the videos and slideshows but rather that artist don't have time to promote what they do... We just get to caught up in making art and just don't find the value of other aspects of being an artist in the modern world.. I have to admit that I'm just as guilty of this as any artist.

Making videos and slide shows is not difficult. Today online video sharing sites and tool make it easy to produce simple films in just a few minutes as well as lots of promotional tools to go with it... It is after all in the interest of sharing sites like Youtube who make revenue from the advertising space available on such sites. Video is useful for far more than just showing off what you do... Today Social Sites like Facebook and such a like are desperate for a piece of the action and are actively seeking video content, in fact almost every where video content has become prime real-estate online.

For artist, video is the fastest growing way to get found on the internet. it dose not need to be difficult just take a look at the videos i have recently done with the basic tools on my Mac and be surprised just how easy it is to put together a video that helps you to be found online and your work to been seen hopefully by millions.... 

Still Not Sure Video is for You, or for those wanting a little more information or just a good place to start why not pop over and have a quick look at  Youtube for Artist, part one an article from Artpromotivate ( a really good place for articles and information on promoting for artist ) that landed into my inbox today.

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A Simple Abstract Painting of Beauty

Painted in blues this subtle painting has a visual depth that seeks to explore how we see the world.  Abstract painting allows anyone to find the Simplicity of beauty in colour field paintings.

I have added this abstract painting to my website (see this web page here) partly because as a painting it attracts a vast amount of interest, even from those individuals who have little interest in abstract art or painting. 

Although colour field paintings are by the values of artists like mark Rothko or Numan, a pure and reductive abstract process this particular abstraction crates the feeling of an expansive landscape that holds a natural appeal that anyone one can appreciate and enjoy.

Colour field painting presents challenges to the abstract artist especially creating a large exspance of a shade or colour that still retains visual interest and excitement as this painting dose. The flat and very smooth application of the paint adds directly to the atmosphere that this colourfield painting offers the viewer.

As a landscape the subtle tones displayed in the large flat areas of blues that both hint towards the green and creates a comfortable visually stunning abstract painting that truly catches the interest of those who come into contact whit this stunning simple abstract painting.




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abstract painting

abstract painting, a photo by Mjo-art on Flickr.

this piece was inspired when I took down a shelf in the garage to clean it... The shelf was rotten but the surface was covered in grime and the rust marks from some old paint tins crating an interesting pattern and effects... I just had to get out my brushes and have a go... What do you think of this pleasing acrylic painting.

Acrylic paints on paper

Via Flickr:
Acrylic paint on paper painted as an exploration that I thoroughly enjoyed as an exercise in control and design

Visiting The Courtauld Gallery, London

The Courtauld Gallery

Being Out and about in London I sometimes find I have a spear hour or two to spend visiting a show or gallery, although this dose not seam to happen anywhere often enough, that said a few weeks ago I found just an opportunity to do just this.

We were meeting some friends in town but got to spend a while in The Courtauld Gallery which I have to say is always worth the time. Situated in Somerset House just off the Strand which in-itself is well worth the time and trouble of visiting for the art and cafes that are housed there.

However I degrees, we popped into The Courtauld to see the temporary exhibition that was on at the time... PETER LELY: A LYRICAL VISION and  THE DRAUGHTSMAN AND HIS COLLECTION  Sir Peter Lely the often forgotten 17th century artist at the court of Charles II was brilliant and well worth the time.

Then a whistle stop tour of the collection of world famous art that spans from the early Renaissance to the 20th century with a particularly fantastic impressionist collection that includes some very famous paintings by Cezanne, Van Gogh but for me seeing some of Kadinsy early works was brilliant too.

So if you get the time and happen to be around the Strand area of London I can highly recommend taking the time to check out Courtauld Gallery find them on your iPhone with this address

The Courtauld Gallery

Somerset House, 

Strand, London

WC2R 0RN

www.courtauld.ac.uk/gallery