Duane Reed Gallery Presents Ron Johnson

4729 McPherson Ave. St. Louis, MO 63108 www.duanereedgallery.com

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Born in Columbus, Ohio in 1968, Ron Johnson received an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2003. Since then, Johnson has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally as well as being a resident at the Ucross Foundation in Cleamont, Wyoming in 2004 and at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris, France in 2002. Johnson uses strategically placed canvas strips to act as dam walls to corral the poured paint and polyeurathane mix. Each layer must be sanded vigorously to ensure as much precision as possible. This sanding process gives the surface a unique sheen, while simultaneously transparent and opaque, reminiscent of encaustic.

Through Johnson's process, the layers become diffused and viscously permeable, with the crisp edges and lost-and-found traceable history.

Ron Johnson June 12 - July 17, 2021

“I’ve Been Waiting”, 2021 acrylic & polyurethane on panel 24” x 24”

“Follow Your Ups and Downs”, 2021 acrylic & polyurethane on plexi 24” x 24” x 3.25”

“Alone and Restless”, 2021 acrylic & polyurethane on panel 24” x 24”

“From Now On”, 2021 acrylic & polyurethane on plexi 24” x 24” x 3.25”

“There Comes A Time”, 2020 acrylic & polyurethane on panel 24” x 24”

“Where I’ve Been”, 2020 acrylic & polyurethane on panel 24” x 24”

Top: “But Her Truth Never Got in My Way”, 2020 acrylic & polyurethane on panel 11” x 48”

Bottom: “Longing For Another”, 2020 acrylic & polyurethane on panel 11” x 48”

“Ain’t Coming Back”, 2021 acrylic, cut out wood 48” x 21”

“Something To Tell You How”, 2021 acrylic, cut out wood 50” x 34”

“It Must Be True”, 2021 acrylic, cut out wood 50” x 28”

“Walking the Shoes of Somebody Else”, 2021 acrylic, cut out wood 34” x 46”

“That’s the Place to Find You”, 2021 acrylic, cut out wood 29” x 47”