A 1986 graduate of California’s Art Center College of Design, Johanna has over twenty years experience as a storyboard illustrator, portrait painter and art educator.
From 1993 until 1997, Johanna lived and worked in Waikiki and maintained her own pastel portraiture gallery on the grounds of the Hilton Hawaiian Village Resort. In 1997, Johanna was honored to have been commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Hawaii’s Governor Benjamin Cayetano and his First Lady, Vicky.
Johanna has taught painting and drawing [
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A 1986 graduate of California’s Art Center College of Design, Johanna has over twenty years experience as a storyboard illustrator, portrait painter and art educator.
From 1993 until 1997, Johanna lived and worked in Waikiki and maintained her own pastel portraiture gallery on the grounds of the Hilton Hawaiian Village Resort. In 1997, Johanna was honored to have been commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Hawaii’s Governor Benjamin Cayetano and his First Lady, Vicky.
Johanna has taught painting and drawing at The Creative Arts Group in Sierra Madre California, and currently instructs oil painting at Montecito Fine Arts School in Monrovia, California. Her illustrations for the home décor market have been published in open editions by Dogwood Publishing and are sold in retailers such as Target and Bed Bath and Beyond. Her painting “Mom’s Kitchen” garnered a Special Award from Women Artists of the West and was also a Finalist in The Artist’s Magazine’s Annual Competition in 1991.
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