http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz en-us Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:35:20 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/post/146432/tongariro-crossing--commission/ This painting is the last of 4 that I have painted for a client in the US. It is of Tongariro Crossing. After painting the scene on canvas, it was carefully taken off the frame and rolled in glassine paper and posted in a plastic roll to the US. It arrived safely and the new owner was very happy with it. He had it stretched and framed and emailed me a photo of it hanging on his wall. A limited edition print of this painting is available. It is printed using archival inks and professionally stret... Fri, 30 May 2025 16:43:27 +1200 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/#post146432 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/post/93525/exhibition-done-and-dusted/ Our Evoke Art Collective Exhibition was well attended over the weekend and every artist had some sales. This was our second one and we had some very positive comments about it. There was a wide variety of subjects and styles. Check out Evoke Art Collective's Facebook page to see photos of the exhibition.... Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:32:40 +1300 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/#post93525 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/post/92179/october-evoke-art-collective-exhibition/ So now it is well into October and I am flat out painting for Evoke Art Group's exhibition in Cambridge. There are 7 of us in the group and we have quite a variety of different subjects and styles. Due to Covid restrictions we haven't had an exhibition for 2 years now, but our last one was very successful.... Sun, 09 Oct 2022 20:31:08 +1300 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/#post92179 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/post/87701/commissions-and-exhibition/ It is well past time that I updated my blog!  This year I have been working on completing some commissions, and have only one left to do. It is always a challenge to interpret exactly what the client wants their painting to look like, and although I don't actually bite my nails, I am always a little anxious that they will like my interpretation of their instructions. So far, though, I have always had happy clients! I am also working on getting 10 paintings finished for a group exhibition in... Tue, 30 Aug 2022 16:27:17 +1200 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/#post87701 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/post/67269/june-2021/ It has been a busy time for me lately, getting art ready to send off to 2 exhibitions this weekend. Artex - National Art Exhibitions starts Friday night 18 June with an opening night "Soiree" at the National War memorial and Conference Centre in Napier. It is open on 19 and 20 June as well. The other exhibition is at Macleans College in Auckland on 19th and 20 June.  I also recently finished one of the commissions I have to do. Mt Maunganui ... Mon, 14 Jun 2021 14:59:48 +1200 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/#post67269 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/post/59637/november-2020/ Myself and 5 other  artists held a very successful annual exhibition in the St Andrews Parish Hall, Cambridge. The opening night on 30th October was well attended and I sold 3 paintings that night and another 3 over the next few days. I have just sent 4 paintings off to The Dunedin Art Show.... Sat, 14 Nov 2020 21:05:52 +1300 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/#post59637 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/post/49145/2019/ Last year was mainly spent with getting our garden landscaped and all the things that go with moving to a new house. So, painting  was on the back burner for a while although I did complete some commissions and exhibited at The Dunedin Art Show and Art-X in Napier selling some paintings. I was also invited to submit a painting for a calendar, which will be for 2021 ... Sat, 29 Feb 2020 11:01:56 +1300 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/#post49145 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/post/18230/NZ-Art-Show/ The NZ Art Show was on this weekend at the TSB Arena in Wellington with over 300 artists exhibiting and I am happy to say that I sold 2 paintings. It was a very big show with a huge variety of art for sale and large numbers of art lovers visiting.... Tue, 06 Jun 2017 19:39:06 +1200 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/#post18230 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/post/14258/Commissioned-painting/ As the snow melts on Mt Ruapehu, it flows into Lake Taupo, then into the Waikato River before making it's way to the sea, where the water cycle continues. The 3 parts of this commissioned painting are - Mt Ruapehu, The Fairfield Bridge in Hamilton, and the beach at Raglan on the West Coast of the North Island, New Zealand... Sun, 11 Dec 2016 20:07:18 +1300 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/#post14258 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/post/12802/Art-Expo-Nelson/ 11 paintings all packaged up to go to Art Expo Nelson which will be held at Saxon Stadium in Nelson over Labour weekend.... Wed, 12 Oct 2016 21:11:36 +1300 http://www.rosslynjohnson.co.nz/blog/#post12802