Johanna with sketchbook in Wall South Dakota in May 2026 after visiting the awe-inspiring Badlands.

Exploring nature in all its forms has had the strongest impact on me. It has brought home to me the essence of life at its most forceful and insightful, immersed in beauty, power, peace and freedom. My work strives to communicate nature’s universal message of healing and joy as I relive those sensations while painting the awe-inspiring scenes I experience with their timeless monumental forms, vast spaces and imposing skies. Quick, on-site sketches capture the moment. Then, memorializing those scenes with thick paints and knives, mixing and working their rich colors and textures straight onto boards and canvases with spontaneous gestures and markings, allowing myself to surrender to the paint and to immediacy of expression, I celebrate these landscapes’ essential messages.

Johanna Brassert

Nature’s Way July 2026 oil on canvas 18” x 24” x 1.5”

The Spirit Of The Times July 2026 oil and oil pastel on canvas 18” x 24” x 1.5”