Ynez Johnston

Amusement Land (1956)

So much going on, so many colors and shapes. And yet, it all as if flows, moves. Nothing is stable and nothing is assigned specific place. Imagination is finally freed from the obligation to mean and represent... Feelings, sensations, images...

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Abstraction with Fish (1947)

I'm furious with myself that I glimpsed the title of this one. But, nevertheless, there is such sadness and a feeling of being overwhelmed by something or is it just weariness with everyday life?

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Alpine Spring (2002)

It does look like an Aztecan village to me, sorry, nothing more to say ;)
Maybe apart from - I really like it :)

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Voyage in Africa (1949)

Why in Africa? I see churches, churches everywhere...

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Crossing the Date-line

This one is genius-like to me. Cross-culturalism, I would call it. So true and so beautiful...

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That's, of course, not all and probably not enough. Under each picture (of a reproduction) I allowed myself to put some comments which are absolutely subjective and lack professional zeal. Forgive me and feel free to add any interesting comments of yours as well, be them professional or purely aesthetic and emotional :)

Oh, and that's the painter herself:

Ynez Johnston (1957)