Judith Johnson
Multimedia
"Calypso's Guidance", Acrylic on canvas, 30" X 36", $1400 The mermaid looks like this because she is Jacques Cousteau's Calypso off the flag of his ship The Calypso.
Reflecting, Acrylic on archival panel, 36" X 24", $1400. This painting won an award from The Hidden Gallery of Women's Art.
Across The Yard, Acrylic on archival panel, 40" X 30", $1500. This painting won an Award of Merit at the California State Fair in 2023.
Realms, Acrylic triptych on framed canvases, 22.25" X 38", $2000
Rhoda Walks, Assemblage, 54" X 34" X 34", $2000
The Sinking, Acrylic on panel (framed), 12" X 12", $600
Desierto Adentro, Mixed media on canvas, collaboration with Raffa Chavez, 48" X 48", $3000
Three, Acrylic on archival panel (framed), 18" X 36", $900
Turning Where?, Watercolor & ink on paper, Image is 30" X 22.5" (floated and framed to 37" X 30"), $1200
Celestial Map (Dark), Watercolor on paper, Image is 22.5" X 30" (matted and framed to 28.5" X 37"), $1200. There is a mirror image of this painting also available called Celestial Map (Dawn) and it is in pinks, blues, and other dawn colors.
Accounting - Raffa, Watercolor on vintage accounting paper, 17" X 12.5", NFS. This painting is part of an ongoing series of portraits which I would like to exhibit as a group. I do take commissions.
Studio
Sacramento, CA 95818
About Judith Johnson
Artist's Statement
I have always been a contemplative action-figure. From my semi-feral childhood roaming rural Texas, to my adult life exploring urban environments, I draw inspiration from the intersection of nature and human civilization. My hard-working parents provided mind-opening books, music, and visits to museums. My favorites were the Aquarium in Dallas and Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago with its glorious dioramas and Egyptian collection. My fascination with archaeology was fed with nutritious films and exotic objects from my grandparents' regular trips to "the old country" in Lebanon, Syria, and surrounding countries of the Mediterranean.
Always a vivid dreamer, I sleep with my eyes partly open. This results in commonplace objects in the room participating in the dream. Patterned sheets may appear as the sky. In waking life, my eyes act as a constantly refocusing viewfinder analyzing compositions and patterns as I walk and ride my bike. It is a distracting fountain of ideas.
My artwork explores daily encounters, memories, dreams, associations. Mundane objects find themselves in unexpected settings. Like archaeology, some relics are on the surface mixing with the modern day, but other treasures are deep in the strata. Recurrent themes are masks, tools, reptiles/amphibians, and urban landscapes. The overlapping of natural and manmade patterns fascinates me.
Since moving to California in 2016, I have noticed changes in my color palette which I attribute to the climate and latitude. In addition to painting, I build assemblages combining found objects with painted elements.
Artist's Bio
Judith Johnson is a life-long artist living in Sacramento, CA. She became serious about her artwork at her magnet high school in Dallas, TX and earned a BFA at University of North Texas. Despite many catastrophic events in her life, she has continued to create artwork that celebrates being Human: history, humor, appreciation of nature, dreams, relationships, daily life. Judith draws inspiration from her garden, cycling (her primary form of transportation), wandering, and the archives of her immigrant grandparents. Judith works in thematic series in multiple media including paintings, drawings, mono prints, and assemblages. Judith supports her community's art organizations by being a docent at The Crocker Art Museum and as an active member of Verge Center for the Arts.
Services Offered
Takes Commissions