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EFORE starting this piece, Johnson was gifted
several pieces of small pastel paper from a
friend. She typically works in large format rang-ing
from 15 x 15 inches up to around 27 x 21
inches, and was unsure of how to use them.
After consulting various art journals and online
forums for ideas, she decided to tear the smaller
pages into various shapes and adhere them to mounting board
with a liquid acrylic medium. This technique allows for a tex-tured
surface for the dynamic image laid on top. The resulting
piece includes small, ripped pieces of that paper throughout,
the frayed edges of the paper creating unique lines among the
flower petals.
Chief among the reasons for Johnson’s love of soft pastel is
the medium’s capacity for vibrancy and fullness of color.
“I really appreciate when people comment on the colors in
my work,” she says. “My favorite thing about pastel is how satu-rated
the colors are. With
some mediums, you just
don’t get that, and I was first
and foremost taken in by
that capacity.”
This passion for color is
visible in one of Johnson’s
unique works, titled “String
Puzzle.” This piece, inspired
by a trip to visit one of her
daughters in Seattle, pre-sented
a challenging com-positional
opportunity.
While exploring the
Museum of Pop Culture,
Johnson and her family
encountered a sculptural
installation called “If VI Was
IX: Roots and Branches.”
The piece, designed by
Seattle-based kinetic sculp-tor
Trimpin, is a two-story
compilation of more than
500 instruments.
“I was so fascinated by it,”
Johnson says. “I took over
a dozen pictures — small,
close-up portions of this
String Puzzle, 27 x 21
inches, pastel on buff
sanded paper.
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