I'm Aimee Johanan (she/her), British-Chinese-Indian, abstract artist, based in London. Trained at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London in Fashion Design, and London College of Style in Seasonal Colour Analysis.
I bring design and colour disciplines together to make restful art for sensitive souls. Utilising colour to create a soothing sanctuary at home.
I like to think of each colour as an ingredient that feeds your mind and body, while turning the dial up and down on your energetic and emotional states.
Colour both invites you to delve into your inner environment, to feel your own emotions, and sends signals to your body about the outer environment that surrounds you: safe, plenty, alive.
Biophilic design draws from nature's patterns and structures, applying principles honed through millions of years of evolution to create built environments that nourish us.
I infuse select principles into the art print collections, to curate peaceful, calming compositions. By bringing in botanical greens from the forest, as well as textures and rhythms that are inspired by the shifting light and undulating shadows as you wander through woodlands.
Each quiet colour is chosen to send your body subtle signals of safety and abundance. Lush greens that say: life can be sustained here. Here there is plenty. Here you can be.
And each brush stroke seeks to capture elemental rhythms of the forest. Ribbons of sunlight, wind and rain. The grounded support of damp earth. The solid strength within stoic shafts of trees.
Though never a replacement for being outdoors immersed in actual greenery, when we bring nature's restorative palette into our homes, we can all benefit.
Especially if you wake each day to the soundtrack of impatient traffic Tetris in a concrete jungle.
In the ancient practice of Feng Shui, colour is a vessel for meaning and intention. Each hue offers a unique energy that you can harness to bring balance and harmony into your space.
Currently, I am creating collections of artwork that bring the Wood element into the home. Not a literal use of wood, mind. Instead, the Feng Shui Wood element is invoked through blues and greens, as well as rectangular forms.
These Wood element art prints hold the energy of renewal, growth, moving forward and abundance.
Designed to enhance the New Beginnings and Wealth sections of the home, you can use these artworks to welcome in a new project, a move, a shift in identity. Or perhaps the courage to let go of something that's no longer working for you, to make space for expansive fresh opportunities.
Each print sale donates £2 to Choose Love, who direct resources to grassroots organisations, particularly in Palestine and Sudan, providing medical care, food through community kitchens, clean drinking water, mental health support, and so much more.
And every time you choose to invest in artwork from Johanan Studio, a tree is planted. So you can uplift the energy of your home, while contributing to important reforestation projects for the planet.
- Carl Jung