Gary Johnson

Gary Johnson is a nationally known wildlife and landscape artist who paints the beauty and inspiration of the natural world. His artwork has been juried into the prestigious  Arts For  The Parks Top 100 competition (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2005), winning the Grand Prize Gold Medal MiniatureTop 100 in 2005. He has also been juried into the Art Renewal Center Salon (2018) as a Featured Artist, “Birds In Art” at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum (2016),  AArt and the Animal@ at the Bennington Center for the Arts (2001, 2004, 2008-2016), and the Pastel Society of America exhibition (1996).  Gary has exhibited at a number of the top wildlife and western art shows in the nation, including NatureWorks, the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, the Easton Waterfowl Festival, the C.M. Russell Art Show and Auction, and the Safari Club International show. Gary’s artwork has been exhibited at the Museum of Western Art, the Gilcrease Museum and the San Diego Natural History Museum. Gary was selected as the Artist in Residence for the Rocky Mountain National Park in 2005 and Mesa Verde National Park in 2012. Gary=s artwork has been featured in Western Art Collector magazine (Nov 2008), Wildlife Art magazine (Nov/Dec 2006), and spotlighted in Southwest Art, Sporting Classics, Art of the West, Arizona Highways and Safari Times magazines. His artwork has been featured in the Charlie M. Russell Museum Auction, the Manitou Galleries auctions, and the Sotheby=s of London auction house. He is represented by these fine art galleries: Art For Wildlife Galleries in California and Going To The Sun Gallery in Montana. Gary’s artwork is published and licensed by Wild Wings, Inc.

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