Morgan Burton Johnson
ARCHIVE III
Featuring the Sanctuary, Instinct, Familial, Spirit and New On The Wind series.
Sanctuary Series, 1991-92
Anniversary, 1991, 18x24"
Exigent Font, 1991, 32x24"
Promise, 1991, 24x30"
Sanctuary Series, 1991-92
Amnesty, 1992, 24x30"
Aorist, 1992, 16x12"
Ceremony, 1992, 36x24"
Sanctuary Series, 1991-92
Forgiveness, 1992, 12x9" w/c
Inner Sanctuary, 1992, 20x16" encaustic
Place of Origin, 1992, 24x40"
Sanctuary Series, 1991-92
Sanctuary of Painting, 1922, 20x24" tins used as palettes assembled into a grid
Sanctuary, 1978-1992, 70x40"
Waking Rose, 1992, 12x24"
Instinct Series, 1992-95, 40 pcs. What is instinct? Flight, fight, love, surrender or perseverance? Is it inborn, or can we acquire it?
Abundant Isolation, 1992, 36x24"
Anonymity, 1992, 24x12"
Avenue, 1992, 30x20"
Instinct Series, 1992-95
Bridge, 1992, 24x30"
Ethic of Work, 1992, 12x24"
Formal, 1992, 36x36"
Instinct Series, 1992-95
Gravity, 1992, 30x20"
Hazard of the Die, 1992, 30x24"
Orchard Home, 1992, 18x36"
Instinct Series, 1992-95
Westward Sundance, 1992, 36x40"
Endless, 1993, 12x24"
Listening, 1993, 36x30"
Instinct Series, 1992-95
Poppies and Peony, 1993, 15x30"
Purpose The Answer, 1993, 18x36"
Reprieve of Spring, 1993, 18x24"
Instinct Series, 1992-95
Tied To Dawn, 1993, 12x24"
The Wood, 1994, 15x30"
Indiscretion, 1995,36x30"
Familial Series, 1993-2000, 17 pcs. Here I wanted to capture both what I saw as my own ancestry as well as what comprises a family.
Crossroads, 1993, 22x28"
Descendant, 1993, 12x24"
Distant Island, 1993 12x24"
Familial Series, 1993-2000
Family Tower, 1993, 12x9"
Good Neighbors, 1993, 10x18"
Just Another Day, 1993, 30x24"
Lights of Freedom, 1993, 15x30"
Field of Memory, 1993, 12x27""
Trees of Other Colors, 1993, 20x16"
Familial Calendar, 1999, 12x24"
Spirit Series, 1994-95, 13 pcs. This series dealt with the passing of my partner Donald Machado and my aunt Aura Johnson Neely.
Long Home, 1994, 16x14"
Lyric of Identity, 1994, 24x36"
Spirit Rising, 1994, 18x36"
Spirit Series, 1994-95
A Falling, 1995, 18x12"
Mist of Spirit, 1995, 24x18"
Trust of Day, 1995, 18x36"
New On The Wind Series, 1995, 24 pcs. In recovery from loss, one looks for methods to continue. This was an affirmation of reflection.
(I Can) Still Dance, 1995, 18x36"
Approaching Fog, 1995, 18x24"
Coastal Drift, 1995, 24x18"
New On The Wind Series, 1995
Light of Wind, 1995, 36x24"
Memory, 1995, 24x18"
Sailing On, 1967-1995, 20x16" cover for my book Future Present
New On The Wind Series, 1995
Mendocino, February, 1995, 18x36"
Oboe Wind, 1995, 18x24"
The Discretion of the Wind, 1995, 36x24"