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Wanda Johnson
Wanda is a native Texan who grew up along the South
Texas coast. She began painting as a teenager after her
grandfather found a set of oil paints on a beach and
presented them to her.
She started experimenting with the paints using her
allowance and baby sitting money to buy canvas panels,
brushes, more paint and "how to" books and began developing
her own technique in the process. In 1975 she enrolled in
some evening business courses being offered at the high
school through the local community college. The courses she
signed up for were canceled due to low enrollment. The only
class that was offered was an art class taught by Palacios
artist (at the time) David Drinkard. The first evening of
class, Mr. Drinkard told her she was too good to be taking
lessons and she should begin painting professionally. He
told her there were few women western artists and encouraged
her to paint something western. Her first painting, under
Mr. Drinkard's tutelage, was of 3 Indians on horseback in a
canyon. Mr. Drinkard took the painting to a gallery in
Austin Texas that he was dealing with where it sold. This
was her first painting sold in a gallery. Mr. Drinkard
offered tips and tons of encouragement throughout the next
few years.
Mrs. Johnson's realistic creations depict western &
nostalgic scenes, landscapes & the beauty of God's nature.
She spends many hours on each canvas creation & every detail
is applied with the finest brush strokes to give her
paintings the fine clarity & sharpness that establish her
among the finest of America's Frontier artists. Wanda
Johnson oils are in many private collections as well as on
display in galleries throughout the United States and
abroad. She excels in her painting of cattle & has been
cover artist for various cattle magazines. She enjoys
traveling (at every opportunity), gardening & spending time
with her children and grandchildren. |
