Art by Robin Simon from the Daily Mail 15 April 1994
From One Man Show at Cadogan Contemporary, London
“It is hard to find anything new to say about Venice but Johnson breathes new life into the subject, while his thickly-laden canvasses of views in Zimbabwe and St Helena are a revelation.”
And from The Spectator on the same show as above, 2nd April 1994
“In his favour he is willing to travel extensively in search of terrain which moves him. Perhaps because of this, warmth of spirit as well as colour infuses his paintings.”
Giles Auty
One Man Show at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 1992
“While South African trained Christopher Johnson, like Nicholson, seeks his subject matter in landscape, he handles his paint with verve and vigour, squaring the circle that makes form and content of equal importance and forging the creative tension that is essential in any work of art.”
Richard Jaques
The Scotsman, September 1992
Boundary Gallery, Suffolk February 1991
Three Man Show
“Johnson takes his bearings from a dominant topographic feature, and from this builds a powerful evocation of place, with a sureness of touch. He has arrived at a direct solution related to the early work of Matisse, and an approach similar to that denizen of the School of London, Frank Auerbach”
From Introduction by Tim Fargher