Preserving the artist's heritage

Homer Johnson

Interviewed in 2001
Sponsored by Fleisher Art Memorial
Fern Denney, Docent
Nick Arnold, Videographer
Thora Jacobson, Advisor


Artist's Statement:
My work has always been involved with movement, gesture, and light. If I can still feel the gesture at the end of the painting process, I feel that I have succeeded.

Selected Collections:
- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
- SmithKline Beecham, Philadelphia, PA
- United States Embassy, Lima, Peru

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
- The Hill School, Pottstown, PA
- Artists' House, Philadelphia, PA
- Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT
- Cabrini College
- Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
- Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
- Peale House Galleries, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Selected Group Exhibitions:
- Brattleboro Museum of Art, Brattleboro, VT
- Regional Art Exhibition, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
- State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
- Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
- Regional Drawing Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Watercolor Show, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Awards:
- Crest Award, Philadelphia Watercolor Club
- Dene M. Louchheim Faculty Fellowship, Fleisher Art Memorial
- Ranger Fund Purchase Prize, American Watercolor Society, National Academy of Design
- Lambert Fund Purchase Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Teaching Experience:
- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Instructor of Painting and Drawing, Philadelphia, PA
- Fleisher Art Memorial, Instructor of Painting and Drawing, Philadelphia, PA

Education:
- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- The Barnes Foundation, Merion, PA

Contact Information:
457 Barrow Road
Brattleboro, VT 05301
802-254-2802