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Blue World
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 36 inches
Echoes
Acrylic on Linen
30 x 30 inches
Glance of Empathy
Acrylic on Canvas
73 x 120 inches
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Tucson, AZ—Mountain Shadow Gallery is pleased to present new works by David Johns. The new works will be on view from March 21 through April 9, 2008. There will a reception for the artist on Saturday, March 22, 2008 from 5pm to 8pm. The artist will be attending the reception.
Vibrant in color and rich in texture, the paintings of David Johns not only dazzle the eye, but also touch the soul. To see one of his paintings, be it abstract or portrait, is to gain a vision of the world into which he was born and to see the world as he perceives it.
David Johns was born in 1948 near Seba Dalkai, a remote desert region of northern Arizona. This land is part of the vast territory that his people, the Dine (Navajo), have lived in since the beginning of time. As a child, David spent many hours with his grandmother herding sheep through their land, as the Dine have done for generations before his time. From his childhood on, he learned to live according to the Dine Way: to strive for balance, beauty and harmony in all aspects of life.
David received formal training in fine arts from the Northern Arizona University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in 1982. His work combine that training with the traditional teachings he learned as a child and the Dine philosophy of life by which he lives. The symmetry of David’s paintings reflect this harmony and balance; the colors and textures he creates reflect the beauty of the land from which he comes. His abstract paintings express his sense of the world around him by capturing life’s subtle phenomenon such as the sunlight at different times of the day or the emotions brought by each of the four seasons. His work continues to receive praise from his community, and in 1997, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Northern Arizona University.
“David Johns is a seer, and he comes very honestly by that gift. In his remarkable artwork, he enables us to see as well. His gift becomes our gift. Here is the essential spirit of creation.”
-N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer-prize-winning author.
Mountain Shadow Gallery is located at 3001 E. Skyline Drive, Suite 109, on the NE corner of Skyline and Campbell, and is open 7 days a week: Monday thru Saturday from 10 AM to 6 PM; Sunday 11 AM to 5 PM.
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