“Human structures have existed in the landscape for thousands of years for a variety of reasons including protection, isolation and surveillance. From hill forts, castles and watchtowers to mobile telephone masts, secret surveillance establishments and radio telescopes.
In this time of a global warming catastrophe vast amounts of money and resources are still spent on spying, mistrust and isolation.
Professor Stephen Hawking said that mans greatest achievements are made when we talk to one another.
Vaccine research during the global Covid 19 pandemic has shown what can be accomplished where there is cooperation and the sharing of information, expertise and resources.
This series of paintings, in a small way, aims to highlight the folly of this isolationism!
From these small pictures let us hope that we can begin to see the bigger one.
Let’s Talk………”
Neil Johnson trained at the now Manchester Metropolitan University. For thirty years he enjoyed a highly successful career teaching Art and Design in South Manchester, while continuing to produce his own work. In 2007 he returned to Borth in order to devote more of his time to developing his own work and ideas. He has had work in solo shows and joint shows in galleries nationally and internationally, including a solo show at the Museum of Modern Art Wales.
Neil is a member of the Royal Watercolour Society of Wales and has work in private collections throughout the UK and in USA, Canada, Germany, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Greece, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.