London-based illustrator Miles Johnston creates dreamy, surreal portraits of girls whose faces are distorted or removed.
Daniel Johnston performs in front of the Jeremiah the Innocent mural on his 50th Birthday, Austin Texas, January 22, 2011. Daniel Dale Johnston (born January 22, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and artist. Johnston was the subject of the 2006 documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston and painted the Jeremiah the Innocent (Hi How Are You) mural on the Drag in Austin. Copyright 2011 Steve Hopson, www.stevehopson.com
In the mid-19th century, more than a million Irish fled the potato famine in search of a better life. But the fate they met aboard so-called "coffin ships" headed to the New World was often as bad as what they left behind. Not so for those lucky enough to find their way onto one ship. Kathryn Miles tells the story in her book, All Standing.
Dan Johnston on Myspace Daniel Johnston has spent the last 20 or so years exposing his heartrending tales of unrequited love, cosmic mishaps, and existential torment to an ever-growing international...
Make the most of your summer in Banff with this easy hike to Johnston Canyon Upper Falls! Find out what to expect and how to make the most of your outdoor adventure.
Hiking Johnston Canyon in winter is amazing! The experience is completely different than in the summer. Here are 8 reasons to hike in the winter.
The Gleam, Northern Quebec, c. 1935 Franz Johnston, Canadian, 1888 - 1949 Oil on panel Overall: 30.5 x 39.7 cm Gift from the Fund of the T. Eaton Co. Ltd. for Canadian Works of Art, 1952 © 2013 Estate...
We are very saddened to hear the news of Daniel Johnston's passing today. To celebrate his legacy, we wanted to share AFS Founder and Artistic Director Richard Linklater's first short film from 1985, WOODSHOCK, which features an endearing cameo.
How to avoid the crowds at Johnston Canyon & take in the incredible Ink Pots in Banff. We’ll tell you the best times to go, what to expect and why you should continue on the hike all the way to the stunning views at the Ink Pots.
The fans want Anna to have someone special in her life. So the 7 Little Johnstons has finally revealed her significant other!
Banff National Park is Well Loved Zone of Wonder in the Canadian Rockies, Albert, Canada. This is the world's third-largest national park.
With the death of Daniel Johnston last week I couldn’t resist putting one of his songs in for track of the day as a tribute. I’m a huge fan of his and have been since I randomly …
Wyatt Johnston girlfriend Brooke Farnfield is a student at Western University. She will be graduating from Western University in 2025.
Abby Johnston, an Olympic silver medalist, shares 25 interesting facts about herself with Us Weekly, including her extensive collection of bathing suits — read more
Johnston Canyon is the best easy hike in Banff. It's easy to do as a day trip from Calgary and takes you through stunning scenery.
A modern interpretation of a treehouse, this rustic riverfront home was designed by David Johnston Architects, located in the mountains of Old Snowmass, Colorado.
Training grounds, remote runways, and missile silos are a strange sight now that they've been abandoned.
Johnston Canyon is the best easy hike in Banff. It's easy to do as a day trip from Calgary and takes you through stunning scenery.
Last summer, I spent three weeks north of latitude 45 in the land of my birth, the “True North, strong and free” as Canada’s national anthem calls the country. One week of that trip was north of latitude 50, and stimulated much thought about the “Group of Seven” painters who were inspired by Tom Thomson. This year, I viewed and canoed some of the locations they painted, but also viewed and studied over 400 paintings by these eight painters at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the McMichael Canadian Collection. I could write a monograph about my reaction to their art, and perhaps I shall. In the meantime, I will provide the briefest of introductions for those unfamiliar with these very important painters. Who were these people? They were artists in a new country who broke with the European tradition of tidy civilized landscapes (cultivated fields, tame rivers, oft-climbed Alpine mountains) to present distinctly Canadian wild landscapes. Backpacking, canoeing and using snowshoes when necessary, they went to previously unvisited locations to depict the light patterns filtered through struggling trees in the thin soil of Georgian Bay, Muskoka and Algonquin Park. They painted the grandeur of pre-Cambrian rock outcroppings in the Laurentian Plateau, the vast cliffs of formidable Lake Superior, the Algoma region, the Canadian Rockies and later the Arctic. Tom Thomson (1877-1917) was a superb outdoorsman, a professional wilderness guide, and a self-taught painter whose bold brush strokes and use of undercolor distinguishes his painting. He inspired the others, but died in a canoeing mishap three years before the “Group of Seven” held its first exhibition, so is officially not one of them. The shed in which he lived has been moved to the grounds of the McMichael gallery. The illustration shows Thomson's "Byng Inlet, Georgian Bay." Lawren Harris (1885-1970) was the most visionary of the Group. His paintings became more abstract and geometrical with time, particularly after his visits to the Canadian Rockies and the Arctic. In 1932, he discontinued representational painting altogether and became an abstract painter. Along with five other members of the Group of Seven, he is buried on the grounds of the McMichael Canadian Collection with (most appropriately) a triangular rock as a headstone. Harris was an heir to the Massey-Harris fortune. In 1914 he built the Studio Building on Severn Street in Toronto with six high-ceilinged north-lit studios. In this building (which still stands), some members of the Group of Seven lived and painted their large finished oils, working from field paintings that were most often on 12”x12” birch panels. Many of these panels are at the Art Gallery Ontario, where some can be compared with the resulting large final paintings. The illustration shows Harris's 1926 painting "North Shore, Lake Superior." A.Y. Jackson (1882-1974) continued in the tradition of the Group of Seven long after the other members went separate ways. He was an inspiration to many Canadian artists and the subject of an excellent 1941 documentary film by the Canadian Film Board that shows the artist in his late fifties canoeing to his chosen site for fall colors and then painting in the Studio Building. That 18-minute film is shown at the McMichael gallery. J.E.H. MacDonald (1873-1932) was born in England but had embraced his new country. As a senior designer at a Toronto graphic design firm, he was a shy leader who brought together several members of the Group. His death signaled the end of the period when they could be considered a group. J.H. Varley (1881-1969) and Arthur Lismer (1885-1969) had also come to Canada from England, while Frank Carmichael (1890-1943) and Frank (Franz) Johnston (1888-1949) were born in Canada. Johnston moved to Winnipeg shortly after the 1920 show that gave the group its name, and was replaced by A.J. Casson (1898-1992). Edwin Holgate (1892-1977) and British Columbia artist Emily Carr (1871-1945) shared the inspiration of the Group, and Harris communicated extensively with Carr. "Serenity, Lake-of-the-Woods" is a 1922 painting by Johnston. The importance of these artists cannot be overstated. Robert Blue (1946-1998) instructed his classes at the Art League of Los Angeles that to understand plein air, they must study the Group of Seven. Serious landscape painters should consider examining this large body of art in Toronto and visiting northern Ontario to paint on location as they did. Several of the Group served as military artists in the Great War from 1914 to 1918. After their return, the Group rented a boxcar, fitted it out with living accommodation, and until 1923 positioned it on various railroad sidings in the Algoma region north of Sault Ste. Marie. From their boxcar, they would canoe or hike to the sites they wished to paint. The Algoma Central Railway now runs excursions to the Agawa Canyon, so modern artists need not live in a boxcar in order to paint where the Group of Seven painted. It may be a thousand miles from Asheville, but the trip is worthwhile. © 2009 Edward C. McIrvine Arts Spectrum column #449 September 4, 2009
There are so many things to do in Banff National Park! Snow covered mountains, pine fresh air, distant glaciers, brilliant turquoise lakes, alpine meadows and a charming resort town make it the perfect place for an Alberta Canada Road Trip.
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Johnston Canyon in Banff National Park / Canada (by Irving Espinosa).
Age Before Beauty filming continues in Manchester's Northern Quarter with Lisa Riley, Robson Green and Sue Johnston on the BBC set
THE actress, who plays Gloria Price on the soap, will film her last scenes at Christmas.
Shaun Johnston plays Grandpa Jack, one of the most iconic characters on CBC’s Heartland, now filming its 10th season. His gruff exterior, dry wit and warm
Two colorists have combined their skills with photographs and fascination for the American Civil War to create a remarkable series of color photographs from the era.
Liverpool's Craig Johnston, August 1985.
Johnston Canyon is the best easy hike in Banff. It's easy to do as a day trip from Calgary and takes you through stunning scenery.
