Only a Mystic Fox Gets Out Acrylic and colored pencil 24 x 20 inches
Brad Johnston Smash and Grab Gouache on paper mounted on panel 18 x 24 inches BJO 016-G
Brad Johnston Foxgloves Gouache on paper mounted on panel 18 x 24 inches BJO 016-G
Half Blind Minotaur (Second State) lithograph 18 x 22 inches
Half Blind Minotaur lithograph 18 x 22 inches
Wildwood Drawing 22 x 30 inches
Thrice Great Etching 5 x 3 inches
Ever Present Foxes Drawing 30 x 22 inches
Birdman Etching 10 x 7 inches
Moses’ Things Drawing 22 x 14 inches
World of Trickery etching 18 x 24 inches
Moses, He Saw Darkness Acrylic and colored pencil 24 x 20 inches
Only a Mystic Fox Gets Out Acrylic and colored pencil 24 x 20 inches
Pain and Goodness, Light and Dark graphite, coffee, ink, 26 x 22 inches
The Crooked and the Tall etching 10 x 7 inches
In the Night, a Beast etching 18 x 24 inches
Bunyan vs. Hercules Lithograph 13 x 16 inches
Brother etching 10.5 x 7.5 inches
Bear and Mountains etching 10.5 x 7.5 inches
The Leaping Cat etching 10.5 x 7.5 inches
Juggling Goat-Rider etching 10.5 x 7.5 inches
Busker Troupe lithograph 20 x 18 inches
Busker Tree lithograph 18 x 20 inches
I collect myths, story, and folklore, both cultural and historical. The result is a blend of imagery and story at work in my head and in my soul, creating new connections and new images while retaining the spirit of the old.
These drawings are semi-autobiographical. Symbolically they illustrate the inward gaze, and contemplation of the self. Occasionally they relate to a concrete event. How they are read is determined by the viewer’s frame of reference to the symbols and the viewer’s familiarity with different cultural and historical myths.
The inner life is a labyrinth to be navigated and these works are an indicator that contemplation of the self is possible and can be fruitful. The illustrative nature of the drawings allows the viewer to insert themselves into the narrative and the potential to create an entirely new mythology with the new figures and environments.
The ultimate intent is to symbolize individual freedom and the path to the awakening of imagination, which has been the core of all mythology since the dawn of man, and to initiate a person past thresholds into selfhood.
Brad Johnston was raised in Connecticut, and received a BA from Taylor University in 2006. He lived and worked in Indiana until the fall of 2008, when he got married and moved to Kailua, Hawaii to teach music at an elementary school. He enrolled at SCAD-Atlanta in the fall of 2009, where he is currently working towards an MFA in printmaking.
For availability and inquiries, please call 404 408 4248 or e-mailinfo@kailinart.com
BRAD JOHNSTON
Only a Mystic Fox Gets Out Acrylic and colored pencil 24 x 20 inches
I collect myths, story, and folklore, both cultural and historical. The result is a blend of imagery and story at work in my head and in my soul, creating new connections and new images while retaining the spirit of the old.
These drawings are semi-autobiographical. Symbolically they illustrate the inward gaze, and contemplation of the self. Occasionally they relate to a concrete event. How they are read is determined by the viewer’s frame of reference to the symbols and the viewer’s familiarity with different cultural and historical myths.
The inner life is a labyrinth to be navigated and these works are an indicator that contemplation of the self is possible and can be fruitful. The illustrative nature of the drawings allows the viewer to insert themselves into the narrative and the potential to create an entirely new mythology with the new figures and environments.
The ultimate intent is to symbolize individual freedom and the path to the awakening of imagination, which has been the core of all mythology since the dawn of man, and to initiate a person past thresholds into selfhood.
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Brad Johnston was raised in Connecticut, and received a BA from Taylor University in 2006. He lived and worked in Indiana until the fall of 2008, when he got married and moved to Kailua, Hawaii to teach music at an elementary school. He enrolled at SCAD-Atlanta in the fall of 2009, where he is currently working towards an MFA in printmaking.
For availability and inquiries, please call 404 408 4248 or e-mail info@kailinart.com