What I heard Debra Ramsay This artwork uses equally spaced

This artwork uses equally spaced bars of color that run horizontal and play with a landscape motif

energy and improvisation

imagined landscapes

center and edge

What I heard Debra Ramsay This artwork uses equally spacedThe technique Johnson employs is extremely rigorous, involving, as he says, pushing paint around with palette knives and drywall tools rather than brushes. The scraping and sanding creates a variety of different textures and leads to the emergence of unexpected forms. Johnson has said he does not believe in inspiration. Instead, he believes in evolution. He is motivated by process. Rather than being planned ahead of time, the work emerges through a