Marc Johns

Orange fish, unshaven

I'm really into drawing fish these days. Ink and highlighter on a 3x3 post-it note.

Original drawing is sold.

A New Year's resolution of sorts

This drawing will be in a group exhibition at Gallery Hanahou in New York. The show, titled “20/10 Vision”, will comprise new, original artwork from more than 40 artists with the theme of positive visions for the new decade.

Opening reception: January 21, 7-9 pm
Show runs from January 21 until February 19th

Participating Artists:
Marcus Oakley, Aaron Meshon, Alice Stevenson, Alison C Nguyen, APAK, Ben Chalapek, Chris Mendoza, Dean Landry, DYEZU (Naomi Kazama), Emily Eibel, Eveline Tarunadjaja, Fanny Bostrom, Henrietta Harris, Ilana Kohn, Jennifer Garcia, JK5 (Joseph Aloi), Jun Marie, Karen Ingram, Kenji Hirata, Kirsten Ulve, Lena Corwin, me, Michael C Hsiung, Mike Houston, Mike Ming, Mike Perry, Tanja Misery, Naomi Kazama, Olimpia Zagnoli, Oliver Jeffers, Ryan Berkley, Samantha Hahn, Sara Antoinette Martin, Sara Singh, Shane Jessup, Shen Plum, SUPERDEUX, Team Macho, Tina Berning, Uninhabitable Mansions, Vivienne Strauss, Yunmee Kyong, Yuri Shimojo -- (via Maquette) I am super excited to be a part of this incredible lineup!

Gallery Hanahou
611 Broadway
Suite 730
New York, NY
galleryhanahou.com

cut it in half

Artists are tricky about what they decide to draw or paint, and what they leave out. You assume it's based on what their ideas are, but how much of it is based on what they suck at drawing? For example, at least one of the Impressionists was lousy at painting people, so he stuck to landscapes.

Ink and watercolour on paper, 5x7 inches. Original drawing is sold.

Interview in Blanket Magazine

The awesome Blanket Magazine interviewed me for their Holiday Issue. Blanket is an online PDF magazine run by Bec Brown in Manchester, full of  art, design, and photography, interviews, stories, crafts, and such. You can buy the latest issue on their website.

Here's a peak at the layout of the interview from the issue:

Things I don't own: marble columns

Ink and watercolour on a 3x3 post-it note. Original drawing is sold.

Article in TLC Magazine

TLC Magazine wrote a piece on me in their Dec/Jan issue... with my name on the cover and everything!  Read the article here. You can pick up a copy of the magazine at these locations throughout Vancouver, or read the whole magazine online on Issuu.

(Read the article)

Buy this car

ink and watercolour on paper, 5x7 inches.

Original drawing is sold | Other originals available here

Bubble tattoo

Lovely. This is Shi Ying from Singapore with a tattoo of one of my drawings. She sent me this photo a while ago. I am truly honoured when ever someone gets one of drawings tattooed. Thank you so much for sharing this, Shi Ying! I am humbled.

Here is the original artwork that the tattoo is based on:

Other tattoos: rabbit, kite, ampersand

Five scarred legs

Exploring the aesthetics of scarred limbs. Ink and watercolour on paper, 5x7 inches.

Original drawing is SOLD | Other originals available here

Drawings in the New York Times

Holy crap! This Sunday, I will have three drawings in The New York Times Magazine. If you don't pick up the paper regularly, the Magazine is a supplement that comes with the (massive) Sunday edition of the New York Times newspaper. Needless to say, I am so excited about this! My father, who is an avid reader of the Times, is amazed, thrilled and proud (thanks Dad!). I don't normally blog about the appearance of my drawings in a publication before the publication comes out, but since it's a newspaper, you've only got one day to get it. So get it!

UPDATE: Twitter pal Austin Kleon (a real mensch, I must add) spotted my drawings on the NYT website. Here are some handy links:
Artificial Car Noise, Lunar Legalism, and Infant Sleep is Destiny.