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Megan-Jane Johnstone

AO

Dr Megan-Jane Johnstone AO (preferred name Megan) is an emerging contemporary artist who resides in Melbourne. The primary inspiration for Megan’s work comes from the natural environment, stories of its genesis, and the geological and botanical histories associated with it. She is particularly captivated and inspired by the ‘fullness of emptiness’ of the vast Australian outback with its ancient geological formations and thriving desert florae. 

Megan’s paintings encompass contemporary and abstract expressions of characteristic landscapes and unique geological features found in New Zealand (where she grew up) and outback regions of Australia (through which she has travelled extensively). She works in mixed media using water-based paints, acrylic inks, and graphite pencil. All works are on paper and have been produced using a dynamic combination of different methods and experimental renditions of the scenes portrayed. Her painterly interpretations of the colours and contours of landscapes and the unique geological formations within them aim to give viewers a multidimensional experience of the infinite possibilities in which the natural environment can be viewed, interpreted and enjoyed.


Education

Megan is a self-taught artist. Since first commencing her art practice in 2017 she has undertaken several online courses and face-to-face workshops with professional artists enabling her to explore and experiment with different mediums, genres and subject matter. 

Prior to taking up her practice in 2017, Megan had a distinguished 43 year career in nursing–the last 30 years of which were spent in the university sector. Her academic positions have included appointments as professor of nursing respectively at RMIT University and Deakin University, Melbourne. In the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours list, she was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) for 'distinguished service to medical education in the field of nursing and healthcare ethics, to patients' rights, and to professional standards.'


Works by Megan-Jane Johnstone

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Cirque Glacier I
Megan-Jane Johnstone
41cm (W) x 51cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Mixed media (Acrylic, gouache, collage)
$ 800.00
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Heatwave 1
Megan-Jane Johnstone
46cm (W) x 56cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Gel print, collage, acrylic
$ 500.00
The Tragedy of Glacial Ablation (Edit)
The Tragedy of Glacial Ablation
Megan-Jane Johnstone
13cm (W) x 23cm (H)
acrylic on board
$ 100.00
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Glacier III
Megan-Jane Johnstone
46cm (W) x 56cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Daniel Smith Watercolour
$ 425.00
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The Gorge in Spring
Megan-Jane Johnstone
70cm (W) x 50cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Watercolour, gouache on paper
$ 600.00
Contemplating Woman
Megan-Jane Johnstone
46cm (W) x 56cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Mixed media (gel monoprint + collage)
$ 425.00
The Fall I
Megan-Jane Johnstone
46cm (W) x 56cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Golden Open acrylic on paper
$ 375.00
Equinox II
Megan-Jane Johnstone
46cm (W) x 56cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Gel monoprint using Golden Open
$ 375.00
Solstice I
Megan-Jane Johnstone
46cm (W) x 56cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Gel monoprint using Golden Open
$ 375.00
Land Interrupted
Megan-Jane Johnstone
46cm (W) x 56cm (H) x 2cm (D)
mixed media gelprint collage
$ 325.00
The High Country
Megan-Jane Johnstone
56cm (W) x 30cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Watercolour, graphite
SOLD
Boabs dancing the Salsa
Megan-Jane Johnstone
20.32cm (W) x 25.4cm (H) x 1.75cm (D)
Gel print base, Posca pen
$ 125.00
Shifting sand dunes
Megan-Jane Johnstone
51cm (W) x 40.5cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Watercolour
SOLD
Beach grasses on sand dunes
Megan-Jane Johnstone
46cm (W) x 56cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Watercolour (Daniel Smith) on paper (Arches CP 300gm)

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Outback Track
Megan-Jane Johnstone
25cm (W) x 25cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Watercolour
$ 95.00
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Spirit of the land
Megan-Jane Johnstone
25cm (W) x 25cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Watercolour
$ 95.00
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Of this land I
Megan-Jane Johnstone
56cm (W) x 46cm (H)
Watercolour on paper
$ 325.00
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Of this land II
Megan-Jane Johnstone
56cm (W) x 46cm (H)
Watercolour on paper
$ 325.00
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Rabbit tail grass on sand dunes III
Megan-Jane Johnstone
40.5cm (W) x 51cm (H)
Watercolour on paper
SOLD
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