The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
The Loft Gallery exhibits oils of horses and riders
NEW PRESTON — The Loft Gallery will open an exhibit of fine paintings by Carol Brightman Johnson. Johnson’s show opens on Saturday and run through July 8, featuring her detailed oil portraits of people, animals, and many of horses and riders according to a news release from the Loft.
An artist’s reception will take place on Saturday, May 26 from 4 to 6 p.m. This event is free and open to the community.
Johnson holds a deep affection for her native New England, where she paints animals, farms and woodland scenes. She travels throughout the American West and enjoys painting and hiking in California, Wyoming, Utah and Arizona.
Her award-winning equine images have been featured on covers of “Horse World USA” and “The Chronicle of the Horse Magazine.” She has painted many commissioned works and illustrated for “The Litchfield County Times,” producing a line of animal themed prints.
Johnson is a signature member of Paint America, with five of her works touring the U.S. in Paint the Parks, and Paint America Shows. She has participated in national, juried plein air events, including Art Festivals in California and Wyoming. National Juried Shows include Oil Painters of America National, American Impressionists Society, Western Heritage Art Invitational, American Plains Artists Annual Juried Exhibit, Richeson 75 Still Life, Central Coast National Fine Art Competition, Red River Valley International Juried Art Exhibition, National Juried Art of the Horse, Germantown Art League’s Celebration of Architecture, Cooperstown Art Association Annual National, Associated Artists of Ocean Shores, Annual Juried Art Competition of Breckenridge, Texas, National Greeley Art Exhibition, and the Annual Conservatory Art Classic.
Johnson has studied with Jeff Legg, David Gray, William Scott Jennings, Albert Handell, Ralph Oberg, David Lussier, and Clayton Beck III.
The Loft Gallery is located on the second floor of The Smithy Store, a meticulously renovated barn that once housed the village Smithy shop.
The Smithy Store is located at 10 Main St. in New Preston. Visit www.thesmithystore.com or call (860) 868-9003 for more information.