ANNA MARIA JOHANSSON

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web: www.a-mjohansson.com

‘I want my art to touch. With happiness and confidence, which is something that occurs in myself when I create my paintings.’ 

Born and raised on the island of Gotland, found in the Baltic Sea in Sweden. After some years on the Swedish mainland, she has now moved back to the island and has her business there. 

The creative side is something that has always been with Anna-Maria. However, it would take many years before painting came into her life. It was when she enrolled in a course in Vedic Art that life took a new turn and changed her entire life. 

Anna-Maria paints in acrylic on canvas. Acrylic suits her way of painting. It dries quickly, which is a positive since her paintings always consist of several different layers. She feels that she will have a completely different flow in her creation if she can quickly move on to the next layer. Many of her paintings have elements of structure. She wants to use what is beautiful, accessible and contributes to good structure in her art. Her egg paintings, for example, use the pages of an old bible and dried flower seeds as a structure. 

She gets inspiration from life, nature and music. The island of Gotland is important for her creativity, where she finds calm and strength. It is more than usual for her to listen to music during the creation process. Many times, a text or a melody loop gets stuck in her consciousness, which is then recreated in the painting. 

With her art, Anna-Maria wants to show the beauty that exists in life and in the world, as a counterbalance to the troubled times we live in. She wants her paintings to convey calm, happiness and show the fragility of life. To convey the magic that is around us, but also things we cannot see with the naked eye, a spiritual dimension, and a sense of gratitude.