Migration

 

Barbara L. Johnson

  1927 - 2021 (biography)

2007  

color woodcut 

12 x 12" image size 

pencil, lower right 

1 of 9  

pencil titled, dated, and editioned 

 

cream wove 

published 

artist 

24684 

$350.00 

Barbara Johnson was known for her muted palette, taking inspiration from the coastal cities where she lived, especially in the second half of her life when she spent time in both Japan and the U.S. As well, her use of muted colors, especially in the woodcut medium, remained a staple that veiled the bold lines of her imagery in a soft impenetrability. Here, she shows a flock of seagulls making their way past a jutting rock that emerges from the sea, with Johnson's quiet colors merging as if seen through fog.