‘Non-objective Expressionism’ best describes my latest paintings. I have learned to emote through pure form on the picture plane. There is no third party to interpret or exaggerate as I have done many times. Rather, these paintings record the interactions between the canvas and me; these paintings interpret me. With my perceptual capacities waning, I’m bolstered by the fact that my first and lasting hero, Monet, painted his greatest series mostly from memory. Despite the pejorative label from Cezanne, “he’s only an eye,” Monet proved he was more than that in the end.
Author: Johnna Eck
Johnna Marcil Eck is an artist living and working in Omaha, NE. Her B.F.A. in Painting is from Creighton University. Subsequent to that she was awarded a half-tuition merit scholarship to Graduate School at The University of Chicago’s Midway Studios. In 1987 she graduated with an M.F.A. from the University of Chicago, where she studied with Vera Klement and Herbert George. Immediately following, she was invited to exhibit her artwork at the David and Alfred Smart Gallery of Art in Chicago. Upon returning to Omaha to study art education, she was hired to join the faculty at Creighton University where she was Lecturer of Fine Arts. Additionally, Eck was invited to be a participating member of south Omaha’s Thirteenth Street Gallery. Currently she is an Adjunct Art Instructor at Metropolitan Community College ARTS and is on the faculty of the Fine & Performing Arts Department at Skutt Catholic High School in Omaha. She continues to draw, paint and exhibit at various art studios in the region.
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