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Artist Exhibitions:
Group Exhibitions
2008 Chaos Chaotically Continued
Broderick Gallery, Portland OR
2007 Chaos Broderick Gallery, Portland OR
2007 The Window Show Sugar Gallery, The Pearl in Portland, OR
2007 The Figure and Beyond Arte-misia Gallery, Sedona AZ
2005 Yavapai College Adjunct Art Faculty Invitational exhibit, YC Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ
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Artist Statement for Daniel Johnson
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The geological formations of Arizona, and the relationship the local people have with this piece of earth moved me to focus on ceramic stoneware forms that relate human attributes to stone, and earthen aspects to humans. There I began to incorporate hand building with clay, statue restoration trade secrets, metal, and the use of resins to achieve his high-fired stoneware creations, which range in size from small to heights of ten feet or more.
My art is heavily figurative and illustrates 'the distorted realism of the human condition'. They transmit human qualities from compassion and understanding, to degradation and despair. Confronting the gambit of human emotional states and physical conditions, I try to relate my observations honestly. Sometimes it is beautiful, sometimes it is not, but life is not always pretty. I look for simple truths to illustrate that may not be seen by all. I continue to be inspired by observing individuals and their interactions with each other, society and the earth.
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