{"title":"Al B Johnson: a journey in abstraction","description":"\u003ch5 class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"\u003e\"In my 75 years, I have always been an artist in one form or another. Up However, it’s been only in the last few decades that I have gotten really serious about my art. I had a studio at home for a few years but later became a resident instructor at Cottonwood Center for the Arts. My studio is now located upstairs in the Sluice building in Old Colorado City.\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"\u003eIn many respects, I am an outsider artist who has never had any serious artistic instruction but being an autodidact, I have managed to teach myself how to create artwork that not only pleased my interest but fed my imagination. What I have come up with is something that I call Techno-tribal Expressionism. Why? Because In its essence, it’s a form of abstracted contemporary art created by me and a few of my contemporaries who share a technical background and a tribal sense of the way we experience, thought and emotion with regard to what we create.\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"\u003eI enjoy color and texture in my work and I think what you will see in this show reflects that. Enjoy…\" -Al B Johnson\u003c\/h5\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9660\/0304\/collections\/super_magnolia1.jpg?v=1785448699","url":"https:\/\/surfacegallerycos.com\/collections\/al-b-johnson-a-journey-in-abstraction-1.oembed","provider":"SURFACE gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}