Sven A. Johnson, S.A. Johnson Decorative Art and Interiors
As a professional painter/artist, I have seen many changes in decorative styles and palettes through the years. While I keep current with changing trends, I enjoy working with designers and clients to achieve their specific vision while employing my experience to enhance and guide each process to its completion.
I was fortunate to have been born with an innate sense of color, perspective, and texture, and have created aesthetically for as long as I can remember. I began art classes at age six and won some small accolades before I was ten. One such was first-place for a winter landscape oil-on-canvas piece for the Chicago-land area in 1978. It was displayed in the Sears Tower Lobby for a year. I have also had some small landscapes displayed in the New Orleans botanical gardens. Focusing more on abstract art but still enjoying representational art, I have continued canvas painting and drawing and have a studio on Hillsborough St. in Raleigh.
Traveling in Europe has helped influence my perspective on decorative arts. And travel in general has continually broadened my horizons. From unique color combinations, to exquisite marbles, to open-air landscapes, to fresco-type aging and textures, I continue to employ what I observe at every opportunity.
What makes my career thrive, however, is the work ethic and attention to detail that I inherited from my parents and grandparents. I never lose site of the importance of customer satisfaction and have remained a niche business in order to achieve a hands-on approach to every situation. I have full and part-time help from a small and hard-working pool of craftspeople, and have yet to find a situation that we cannot handle.
Through the years, S.A. Johnson Decorative Art and Interiors has helped many designers and builders win gold, silver, and bronze awards in the Parade of Homes in Wake, Durham, and Orange counties. The backbone of the business, however, has always been working with homeowners and businesses and the satisfaction that is derived from completing a transformational job.
