ERIC A. JOHNSON “CUT AWAY: rEDUCTION RELIEF PRINTS”
in GALLERY I
The main focus in my work, throughout my career, has been conceptualizing my personal experience into pieces that the viewer can relate to, regardless of their background or experience with the images presented. The method/manner in which I do this has changed fairly drastically as my career has progressed, although the intent has remained relatively stable.
As I work, I put myself, if only very briefly, into the feelings of my audience; this has always been the goal of my work: to provide an escape into a feeling of wonder and miracle from a world that is often full of misery, negative happenstance, and mundane tasks.
This exhibition is a combination of my last two exhibits "The Nature of Things" (2017) and "Cut Away: Real Allegories of My Artistic Life" (2021), both first exhibited at the Rourke Art Museum and Gallery in Moorhead, MN.
