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Artistic process

Johanna rarely makes preliminary sketches. Pencil outlines are drawn directly on the paper and then refined.

The medium is typically watercolour, with touches of white acrylic, on various kinds of paper. The background usually gets painted last.

Several hours of work are invested into each painting, often over the course of a week or so.

Below, you can watch a Flash animation showing the progression of a painting, as well as still images of the same process.

The finished painting can be found in the gallery as Kitsune.

[Kitsune, step 1] [Kitsune, step 2] [Kitsune, step 3] [Kitsune, step 4] [Kitsune, step 5] [Kitsune, step 6] [Kitsune, step 7] [Kitsune, step 8] [Kitsune, step 9] [Kitsune, step 10] [Kitsune, step 11]

Photos from the making of Zebra:

[Making of Zebra, 1] [Making of Zebra, 2] [Making of Zebra, 3] [Making of Zebra, 4]

Photos from the making of Eating plums:

[Making of Eating plums, 1] [Making of Eating plums, 2] [Making of Eating plums, 3] [Making of Eating plums, 4]

Customer photos

These are customer's photos of Johanna's art. Please contact Johanna if you have photos that would fit here.

Tattoos

Johanna's art may be tattooed under these conditions. Specific tattoo designs can be commissioned.

Mermaid tattoo II (commissioned for the purpose), from Anneli L:

[Mermaid tattoo II, tattooed] [Mermaid tattoo II]

Purple faerie, from Elizabeth:

[Purple faerie, tattooed] [Purple faerie]

Mushroom, from Isenda:

[Mushroom, tattooed] [Mushroom]

Wings, from unknown:

[Wings, tattooed] [Wings]

Framed art

Girl with bird print-out framed for a dollhouse, from unknown:

[Girl with bird]

Other

Knit deer II and Zack the cat, from Jen:

[Zack and knit deer]

Where can I learn more about the artist?

Johanna's personal site contains biographical information/survey answers, photos, a wishlist and links. You are welcome to get in touch with any questions.

The survey answers include an art section.

Contact

Johanna Öst, artist

Henrik Nyh, webmaster

Please try the information pages before sending a question!