Celebration

Lois Johnson

Celebration

Lithograph

30 x 22 inches

Edition of 55

Published by Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia.

From the Artist

I print directly in generally emotive, only slightlypre-planned sequence with the artistic expectation of directly evolving the proof to wherever it needs to go. Many colors and stages later, a finished limited edition emerges. Artmaking has paralleled my classroom teaching and administrating at the University of the Arts [Philadelphia], while each path has enhanced the other…Often, I just start, and just keep building it until I feel comfortable with it.
_{—From Lois M. Johnson Interview: https://vimeo.com/16395583, accessed 6-24-2021}

Artwork should be judged on what it presents to the individual viewer. How it is done, or by whom, is of secondary importance...I maintain the message offered by a particular piece of art depends entirely upon the viewer. If the work is too predictable, that’s not good.
_{—From Grand Forks Herald, ND, 1974erald, ND, 1974}