Shane Johnson

Shane grew up in Cork and began his studies at the Crawford School of Art, moving on to the College of Marketing and Design in Dublin to specialise in graphic design. He became a freelance illustrator and turned is illustrative style to creating paintings of Baltimore in West Cork, the place where he spent his summers and where he began his painting career in the early 90s.

His paintings, often humorous depictions of Irish coastal life, are sometimes described as naive or primitive.

He has held two solo exhibitions at the Kent Gallery in Kinsale, Co. Cork and now exhibits full-time in the Kent Gallery, the Waldock Gallery and Bridge Gallery in Dublin. His work can also be seen in private collections in Britain, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and the USA.