Johanna Spinks

Johanna Spinks is a British born, Los Angeles based portrait artist whose work hangs in museums, galleries, and private collections all over the world.

Mentored by the late Everett Raymond Kinstler N.A.  who painted eight presidential portraits, Johanna’s style can be best described as classical oil portraiture with a contemporary palette knife twist. Over her 25 year portrait career, her work has received recognition from the United States Congress, The California State Senate, and multiple Oil Painters of America National shows as well as been featured in the New York Times, American Artist Magazine, International Artist Magazine, Where Women Create and many others. The Portrait Society of America awarded Spinks a Certificate of Recognition for her dedicated volunteer work as its’ California State Ambassador, a three year term. In 2008 Johanna was awarded The Daler-Rowney “Excellence in Painting” Award at OPA National.

Johanna has painted notable sitters from Kip Forbes to Kevin Costner and has five portraits in the permanent collection of The Players’ Club of New York including Norman Rockwell, Rex Harrison and actress Angela Lansbury.

In addition to her vast portfolio of commissioned work, Johanna has worked on two ...

Arts Student League of New York
National Academy of Design, New York.
Classes taught by Everett Raymond Kinstler, N.A., 2003 - 2012
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Solo Show Malibu City Hall
"The Face of Malibu", Sponsored by The Malibu Cultural Arts Commission with The Malibu Times Oct.-Jan 2018

Solo Show Museum of Ventura County
Tool Room Gallery April 2016
"Going Under The Knife" - A Selection of Palette Knife Portraits
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California Art Club 106th Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
Autry Museum of American Heritage

California Art Club 104th Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
March/April 2015
USC Fisher Museum of Art