Larry Johnston
Larry's
formal art education began right after high school at the State
University of New York at Buffalo, attending on a Regents scholarship,
continued at SUNY Farmingdale, graduating with an Associates degree in
Advertising Art and Design. He then attended Southampton College on an
art scholarship, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts
degree.
Larry
worked for Grumman Aerospace Corporation (now Northrop Grumman) for 28
years, including 9 years as an illustrator for the Corporate Training
department. After the plant he worked in on Long Island was closed and
the work transferred out of state, he was faced with the choice of
relocating or changing vocations. Larry’s long term goal was to paint
full time so, when the invitation came to relocate, he went with his
heart and chose art instead.
In
1994 Larry and a group of friends opened an art gallery in Bellport,
New York. Living on Long Island and having sailed the local waters, the
coastal landscape was a natural choice of subject matter and his work
immediately began to attract a following. A timely and favorable review
in the
New York Times caught the attention of the owner of
Chrysalis Gallery in Southampton, New York, where he was represented from 1995 until its closing in 2015. He is now represented by the
William Ris Gallery in Jamesport, NY and the
Louisa Gould Gallery in Vineyard Haven, MA on Martha's Vineyard Island.
Continually
seeking to refine his skills, Larry has attended workshops with locally
and nationally recognized artists including Charles Sovek, David Curtis
and Don Demers. Larry is a founding member of the
Long Island Plein Air Painters Society, a Signature Member of the
American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) and an Artist Member of the
Salmagundi Club of New York.
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