One of the top plein air landscape painters, Michael Chesley Johnson works in oil and pastel in the American Southwest, coastal Maine and the Canadian Maritimes. He has been an invited artist to many national plein air painting events over the years and has competed in challenging locations such as the Grand Canyon. Elected a Master Pastellist by Pastel Artists Canada in 2008, he is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society and the Pastel Society of America. He is the author of Beautiful Landscape Painting Outdoors: Mastering Plein Air. A long-time contributor to The Pastel Journal, The Artist's Magazine, Watercolor Artist and PleinAir Magazine, he splits his year between New Mexico and coastal Maine. For recent paintings, follow him on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mchesleyjohnson/
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