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:

At The “Morgan”

McLeish’s Seafood

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

Wisdom Shouts in the Streets

Dundee from the Tay Bridge

The Bell Rock Tavern, Tayport Harbour

Holidays at Crail

Down by the Harbour

Berry Pickers

A Visit to the Caribbean

Alice

Sports Day

Tommy’s Mouse was Confiscated in the French Class

At The “Morgan”

A Mad Tea Party

After Several Pink Gins

Sparrows Fighting

Cats at Play

Over Beechers

Cat on the Prowl

Simply Messing About in Boats

The Interloper

The Sweetie Shop