Steve Johnston
Below is Steve Johnston’s current online portfolio. If you are looking for something in particular by Steve Johnston and can't find it here then please do get in touch. Also you may be interested in browsing our Steve Johnston archive.
Steve Johnston is currently exhibiting 1 work
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Free Spirits
Medium: Signed Limited Edition Giclée Print
Size: 38cm x 76cm
Price: £345.00 (change currency)
Steve Johnston’s Biography
Born in Glasgow in 1956 Steve grew up in Dumfries and studied at art school. Upon leaving, he became an apprentice electrician for a brief period, as he was uncertain of where his artistic path led. In 1973, Carlisle College offered him a placement, where, during the second year, he opted for a change in medium, preferring photography to painting. He found black & white formats extremely inspiring and exciting to work with, seeing himself in fact as an artist but utilising a camera rather than paint.
Upon leaving college he moved to London where he did freelance work for teen magazines, which led to work for Vogue in 1977, where his work was included in the ‘Pink Punk Book’ published in 1978. This style of photo launched the first issue of i-D magazine in 1980, where he worked for the following few years. In 1991, when photography no longer became inspirational for him, he started painting seriously again concentrating once again on the medium that he had originally embraced. “It was then that something clicked and I have not looked back since……painting is my life.”
