About

I'm Aimee Johanan (she/her), British-Chinese-Indian abstract artist based in London.

I bring design and colour disciplines together to make restful art for sensitive souls. Utilising colour to create a soothing sanctuary at home.

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Abstract artist Aimee Johanan working on artwork at a desk, surround by art materials, painted papers and plants

Colour to
nourish &
recalibrate

In my creative practice, I think of each colour is an ingredient that feeds your mind and body, while turning the dial up and down on your nervous system.

Colour invites you to delve into your inner landscapes, to feel your emotions and connect to the true self within. Whilst sending signals to your body about the outer environment that surrounds you: safe, plenty, alive.

Messy table with works in progress in abstract artist Aimee Johanan's studio in London, covered in paint swatches, tubes of watercolour and painted papers.

Nature provides
the foundations

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 my artwork, to create 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.

Green and blue painted papers laid out on a desk with paint and moss, in London based abstract artist Aimee Johanan's creative studio.

Rest your eyes
a moment

You're numb to sirens and the roar of rushed vehicles.

Your neurons navigate through hoards of agendas.

Flooded with fragments, faceless voices pour from your devices.

And you ignore the resident ache around your eyes.

The wild animal of your body scans for safety and sustenance.

But then, at your feet; a single leaf.

You trace the branching of its veins with your gaze.

Observe the rich olive of its green and polished leather sheen.

From the periphery, you catch the velvet shimmer of moss, creeping across a window sill.

Whose smog-dusted paint is peeling, revealing ridges of aged grain beneath.

You pull the break on time and allow the train of your thoughts to derail. Off into the ether it trails.

And the knots in your temples begin to unravel.

As your overworked mind claims a moment to unwind.

This is the relief of Soft Fascination (Kaplan and Kaplan, 1989). A state of gentle, aimless, effortless attention.

I create artwork with this relaxed state in mind. Compositions of varied greens from nature, that allow your mind to wander and loosen. Even if just for a few seconds.

Close-up of fresh spring green grass plants in the forest

Your body already
speaks this language

Each colour is chosen to send your body subtle signals of safety and abundance. Immersed in botanical hues, it knows: 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, when we bring nature's restorative palette into our homes, we feel the difference.

Especially if you wake each day to the soundtrack of impatient traffic Tetris in a concrete jungle.

Sky blue dining room with walnut wooden table, and green abstract art on the wall.

People & trees

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.

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