A slower kind of drawing.

Ruth Johnson works mainly in colored pencil — realistic, gentle studies of flowers, hummingbirds, and everyday still life. Each piece is built up quietly, one soft layer at a time, until the surface feels less like paper and more like light.

More recently she has been drawn back to oil paint, working on portraits and looser palette-knife landscapes. The subjects change but the pace stays the same: careful, observed, unhurried.

Ruth ships originals and giclée prints from her studio, and offers digital downloads for smaller-format use. Commissions open a few times a year — write to her through the contact page to be added to the list.