Mareshet Johnson

Mareshet is a Surrealist painter originally from Philadelphia. Her works in Acrylic, also known as her passion pieces consist of dream-like scenes that evoke narrative renderings of new perspectives found after heartache. Each series generates a concept that the soul will always live on, repeatedly soaring into the mist and rising from the ocean. Each series also depicts a battle through the stages of grief and finding peace after it. Although Mareshet’s passion pieces are very personal to her, she is thankful to have the courage to share her series with the world. Aside from works in acrylic, her collections in oil are less conceptual and focus on capturing the details of brick walls, storefronts and graffiti in distinguishable neighborhoods. She has studied to use various mediums such as oil, alkyd, acrylic, and charcoal, and currently uses the direct painting method as well as Grisaille technique to complete her works. Mareshet stated, “sometime ago I met a fellow Artist, a musician who shared his beliefs regarding the purpose of expressionists. He said something that stuck with me”, “All inventors of art, finish artworks that they were not able to complete in their past life”. “After that statement, it motivated me to continue sharing the stories that were passed down to me, rendering them once more in this lifetime”.