Artist Angela Johal calls her paintings chromesthetic geometrics. Her work is designed and painted intuitively while listening to music. Through this melodic and synesthetic process there is a blending of the senses, “a chromesthetic experience of color on the canvas.” Johal first became aware of color when her mother gave her a book called Hailstones and Halibut Bones: Adventures in Poetry and Color by Mary O’Neill. The book has been said to inspire young poets all over the world, but it was the colors more than the words that caught 5-year-old Johal’s fancy.
“Colors are loved by all. I see geometry and design in everything and how it impacts your life. I see how when people sit at a round table, they rarely have a good time, but when people sit around oval or rectangular, shallow tables, they feel closer, can hear, and often have a better time. How you move about spaces and the furniture and art has a profound effect on one’s well-being. Color and shapes have a direct effect on your mood, and I have found that I am most satisfied when I see a whole rainbow of colors, but with the calming qualities of the black, white, and grays. I think that geometric and colorful art may have a similar effect on the brain as psychedelics.”
Though she started as a photorealistic painter, it was happy geometrics that eventually captured Johal’s imagination. Unlike photorealism which is clearly one thing, geometric abstracts can be anything to anyone, and Johal likes to leave the interpretation up to the viewer. She also just likes the idea of making people happier.
You can see all of Angela Johal’s amazing work on her website and on Instagram and in her online print store.
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June 4, 2024 at 6:36 am
All of the paintings are excellent. I do love an explosion of colour and rainbows make me happy so I was surprised that I was most drawn to the pieces that were either monochromatic or had a limited colour palette.
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June 5, 2024 at 7:32 am
I was more attracted to those than I expected to be, but those rainbows sucked me right in.
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June 4, 2024 at 8:57 am
I’m dizzy just thinking about how to plan these out. I love the bright colors..kinda like a new box of crayons.
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June 5, 2024 at 7:33 am
Yes! I can’t imagine planning them either, and they’re painted so precisely! Remarkable stuff.
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