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Artist Statement As an artist I am fascinated by the medium of photography as it functions to capture the images of an object in time. In holding a moment, the photograph gives the artist an opportunity to focus the viewer’s attention for as long or as often as the viewer wants, thereby allowing the moment to become more truly infinite... I often photograph nature in all seasons as it is ripe with color, relationship and surprise. It is also important to me to recognize that we, as humans, are nature....sometimes we become separated and unaware of what is not only around us, but part of us. Nature is the essence of our worldly existence and the cycles of nature (as all patterns in nature) repeat and reflect the oneness of our journey in life.
Artist Bio Kathy Johnson was was born November 24th, 1947 in a very large orphanage in Lackawanna, New York. Adopted at 4 months, she was raised by working class parents near New Haven, Ct. as an only child. The nuns told her parents she was a very smart little girl, which her parents enjoyed and often repeated, so she became a very smart little girl, nature or nurture?...who could know??....She obtained several degrees, had some challenging jobs primarily in human services. Kathy knew she did her jobs well and that made her happy, but still, there was something......
And life rose up, as it will, with a couple of swift and unexpected butt kicks....one of which reminded her of a long suppressed yearning to be an artist. So, around the age of 50, she got some newsprint and charcoal and went off to her first drawing class. Sitting at her easel, she looked at the model, drew a charcoal line...and felt pure exhilaration. So it began....
Kathy is only 7 years into her journey as an artist. She loves watercolor painting, photography and collage and has exhibited in group shows at VSA of Boston as well as th Kaji Aso Studio. Her poetry and images appear in several published chap books. Recently she has been creating fiber arts as well.
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