Audience of One, mixed process on paper, 22 3/4 x 22 in.
Iskra Johnson
My newest work is completely abstract, rooted in my career as a calligrapher and studies with masters of Asian painting. Working on vintage rice papers and other surfaces I create calligraphic gestures influenced by musical rhythms and memory of place. I then immerse the pages of marks in a process of digital alchemy, what I think of as an acid bath, to become something both closer and farther from conscious thought. I work improvisationally, looking always for an unexpected departure. For years as a calligrapher my job was to create legible words. I am interested now in language before translation.
These new abstract prints are signed and produced as editions of one, or in small limited editions of 3 to 5. They are printed on rag paper with archival inks rated for 150 years or more. A number of industrial landscapes and botanicals blending painting and photography are also available through SAM Gallery
MORE
The Diver Divided, mixed process on canvas, 24 x 34 in.
The Smith Tower in Vintage Light, mixed media archival pigment print, 26 x 21 in.
The Volunteer Park Conservatory, mixed media archival pigment print, 26 x 21 in.
Looking for the Northern Light 1/1, mixed process, 55 x 31 in. (framed)
Basho's Garden, mixed process, 29 x 29 in.
Waterfall, mixed process, 42 x 32 in.
Tar Study, mixed process, 29 x 29 in.
Looking At You, mixed process on paper, 22 3/4 x 22 in.
Two Divers Under A Green Sky, mixed process on canvas, 24 x 34 in.
The Volunteer Park Water Tower, mixed media archival pigment print, 26 x 21 in.
Reykjavik, mixed process, 55 x 31 in. (framed)
The Pearl Divers, mixed process, 42 x 32 in.
The Messenger, mixed process, 29 x 29 in.
Blue Poppies Redon, mixed process, 24 x 23 in.