Miles johnston

New Surrealism: The Uncanny in Contemporary Painting, published by Monacelli later this month, chronicles the history of the artistic and political movement from its birth amid World War I to more contemporary interests.

By Miles Johnston

“One of my fav things I drew this year”

“Melancholia, scanned it!”

Miles Johnston- graphite on stonehenge for a show at the Be In Art Gallery. The goal was to draw someone lying under the shade of a tree. This fits my theme because where the shadows appeared on the boy's body, Miles vertically carved them out. I think it looks like puzzle pieces. He says he had a lot of fun with this piece and it came together rather quickly.

Miles Johnston's surreal drawings bring elegance and distortion to our natural forms. The artist is contributing to the upcoming "Hi-Fructose Presents: The Art of The Mushroom" group show at the Compound Gallery in October, and in this post, takes us through the process of creating his work in the show. (He was also featured in Hi-Fructose Vol. 45)

Hi! My name is Miles Johnston. I got into practicing drawing seriously around 11 years ago when I was 13. I was a frequent poster on a forum that was pretty popular back in the day called Conceptart.org, with dreams of working in the film and games industry. As time went on I fell more and more in love with drawing as an end itself. Now I am trying to move into the fine art world, by growing my presence online on Instagram and Reddit. This year I have been pretty fortunate and just booked my…