Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, painter Harlan Johnson lives and works in Montréal. Many of his paintings have nature as theme. His solo and group exhibitions have been mounted primarily in Québec, Canada and the United States and many of his paintings are part of Québec and Canadian museum collections. Johnson teaches design and painting at Concordia University and Dawson College.
Artwork description
An oak leaf motif emerges on the sinuous bands running along the facade. A lively decoration of the main wall of the building, the artist plays with an alternation of large panels painted in primary colours—blue, yellow, red—while bands of mosaics combine these colours. Johnson collaborated with the Mosaïka Art & Design team, specialists in this medium, to execute the piece.