John Johnstone

John Johnstone is one of Scotland’s leading artists working in a figurative style. He was born in Forfar in 1941. He studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art from 1959 to 1964 under David McClure and Alberto Morrocco. He later returned to teach life drawing classes to a new generation of artists who have gone on to forge their own successful careers. He is a regular exhibitor at the Royal Scottish Academy and the Scottish Society of Artists and is a professional member of the Scottish Society of Artists and Scottish Visual Arts.

“My paintings seem to be expressing something, either serious or amusing about life. They depict people acting out minor dramas. Gesture, composition, characterisation and setting are important. There is an element of gravity in them, but the humorous side probably eclipses that aspect.”

Art historian Edward Lucie-Smith wrote: “John Johnstone is a unique artist – in the special sense that he has no problem in being original. His only problem is keeping that originality within bounds.”

John has works in public and private collections at home and aboard including HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, Carnegie Trust’s Art Collection, Angus Council Collection, Dundee City Collection, The McManus Galleries Collection and Fife Council Museums West Collection.

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John Johnstone

Work by John Johnstone:

Acceptance & Rejection

The Saturday Night Hop

A Giant Came To Toy Town

The Boat People

Peter Howson Faces One of His People

Doing the Samba

Genuine Hand Painted Works of Art For Sale

Sandy Guy

Eavesdropper

Cat Busker

Rock ‘n Roll is Here to Stay

Dance the Night Away

The Boy Who Rode A Tiger

McLeish’s Seafood

The Cow Jumped Over the Moon

The Night Bob Went Electric

Bob, Mark, Iris & John in Glasgow

The Rites of Spring

Bicycle Romance

Collieston Harbour

Stonehaven Harbour

Edinburgh Castle

Dunnottar Castle

John Byrne, Mercat Cross, Glasgow

John Byrne

Peter Howson

Noah’s Ark

Scene from Tale of the Tri-Folk

Simply Messing About in Boats

After Several Pink Gins

Alice

A Visit to the Caribbean

Berry Pickers

Down by the Harbour

Holidays at Crail

The Bell Rock Tavern, Tayport Harbour

Dundee from the Tay Bridge

Flight Over The Tay

Going to Bed

Baa Baa Black Sheep

At The “Morgan”

Barbers Shop

Timmy & His Friends Have An Accident

Cleaning Windows

The Muddled Road Ahead

Pandemic in the Sky

Coronavirus Comes to Town

Blind Guides

Outside the Bakers

The Sailors Return

Picnic Offering

Rosie Posing for her Photo

Walking the Dog

Alf Stopped to Chat with Mick

Forfar Recycling Centre

Self Portrait c1966

Applying the Lipstick

Self Portrait with Brush

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Timmy on the Rampage

Priscilla & The Giraffe

Beach Crescent, Broughty Ferry

The Windmill Bar, Hilltown, Dundee

Bob Dylan

The Yellow Submarine

Kingston Paper Boy

Ken Stott

Outside The Phoenix, Dundee

The Agacan Restaurant with Zeki

The Globe Bar, Dundee

The Tay Bridge Bar, Perth Road, Dundee

The Pillars Bar, Dundee

Outside the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

Junction at Cowgate, Edinburgh

The Gateway to the Glens Museum, Kirriemuir

Ducks on the Forfar Loch

St Margaret’s Inch, Forfar Loch

Sunny Afternoon, Forfar Loch