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    • Iraq 2003
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    • Afghanistan 2010
    • Afghanistan 2012
    • Afghanistan 2014
    • Ukraine 2015
    • Djibouti
    • Norway
    • Iraq 2019
    • United Nations refugees
    • Homeless
    • Wounded warriors
    • Courtroom Sketching
    • Quantico
    • USCG and NORAD
    • Pediatric Cardiac ICU
    • Life drawing
    • Finland 2023
    • RNLI 2023
    • Canada/Ukraine 2023
    • Nordic Response
  • Urban Sketching

Less an online portfolio and more a general dumping ground of field sketching

"The tradition of Howard Brodie, Bill Maudlin, and Winslow Homer's stunning Civil War art for Harper's Weekly, is alive and well in the drawings of Richard Johnson."
JOSEPH L. GALLOWAY, Author of "We Were Soldiers Once … and Young"


"Johnson draws in the field, sparking an immediacy and freshness that traditional war illustrations lack . . . he never goes back to it to do the ‘prettying up’ that other artists do . . . he captures the everyday reality of life on the ground through his raw artistic approach".
JENNIFER LOCKE JONES, Smithsonian Museum of Armed Forces History


OP Unifier - Canadians and Ukrainians at Camp Sapper

    HMCS Charlottetown

      RCAF ATF-Prestwick 2024

        Iraq 2003

        Afghanistan 2007

        With the US Marine Corps invading Iraq in 2003.

        Afghanistan 2007

        Afghanistan 2007

        Kandahar, Afghanistan with the Canadian Forces in the thick of the fight in 2007.

        Afghanistan 2011

        Kandahar, Afghanistan with the Canadian Forces in a shifting conflict in 2011.

        Afghanistan 2012

        Afghanistan 2012

        Qalat, and Kabul, Afghanistan with US and last of Canadian Forces in 2012.

        Afghanistan 2014

        Afghanistan 2012

        Afghanistan 2014

        Ghazni, Kandahar, and Kabul, Afghanistan with US forces in 2014.

        Ukraine 2015

        Afghanistan 2012

        Afghanistan 2014

        Ukraine with Canadian and US forces working a training mission in 2015.

        Norway 2018

        Djibouti 2018

        Djibouti 2018

        In Norway with the United States Marines during Trident Juncture in 2018.

        Djibouti 2018

        Djibouti 2018

        Djibouti 2018

        In Djibouti with the United States Marines during Alligator Dagger in 2018.

        Iraq 2019

        Djibouti 2018

        Wounded Warriors

        In Kuwait and Iraq with the United States Marines for Inherent Resolve in 2019.

        Wounded Warriors

        United Nations refugees

        Wounded Warriors

        Work with wounded personnel in Canada, US, and Afghanistan since 2003.

        Homeless folks

        United Nations refugees

        United Nations refugees

        Homelessness in the US including a stay in a homeless shelter for veterans.

        United Nations refugees

        United Nations refugees

        United Nations refugees

        Internally displaced people and refugees. 

        USMC base Quantico

        Sketches from the USMC basic school in Quantico, Virginia.

        USCG and NORAD

        Sketches of NORAD and Coast Guard installations, personnel, and aircraft.

        Courtroom drawing

        Courtroom art from various trials of terrorists and politicians.

        Pediatric cardiac intensive care unit

        Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) of the Children’s National Medical Center in D.C. 

        Life drawing

        All the naked people from life drawing. Just the good drawings though.

        Urban sketching

        All the drawings I do when I am not drawing for a specific purpose.

        Finland 2022

        Canada/Ukraine 2023

        Canada/Ukraine 2023

        Sketches from Op Freezing Winds 22

        Canada/Ukraine 2023

        Canada/Ukraine 2023

        Canada/Ukraine 2023

        Sketches from Op UNIFIER

        RNLI 2023

        Canada/Ukraine 2023

        RNLI 2023

        Sketches from my days with the RNLI

        Nordic Response 2024

        Sketches from USMC winter survival training in Norway

        Contact

        Contact me about projects, sales, signed prints, or questions about drawing.

        richardjosephjohnson@yahoo.com

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