Mitchell Johnson

Mitchell Johnson is a contemporary painter. Born in 1964, in Rock Hill, South Carolina, he currently paints in Palo Alto, California as well as in Buonconvento, Italy; Meyreuil, France and Bornholm, Denmark. Johnson earned his M.F.A. at Parsons School of Design in 1990 where he studied with Larry Rivers, Paul Resika, Leland Bell, Robert de Niro, Sr., Nell Blaine and John Heliker - all former students of Hans Hofmann. Johnson studied drawing and painting in high school at Staten Island Academy, and at Randolph-Macon College where he studied with Ray Berry and earned a bachelor of science degree in computer science. He studied with Jo Weiss, Lee Newman, Jack Boul and David Holt at the Washington Studio School, Washington, D.C., from 1987...