The first titled "Sea Gull Gauntlet - Portstmouth Island, NC," acrylic and oil on canvas and wood, with artist's stamp and signature to verso (DOA 26 x 36 in.); the second is untitled, painted and cut wood, unsigned (24 x 31 in.)

Personal Collection of Mr. Joseph D. Rowand, Hillsborough, North Carolina, founder of Somerhill Gallery

Johnson spent his first fourteen years in Caracas, Venezuela. This formative experience surrounded by exotic flora and fauna led to a life-long interest in nature and man's interaction with it. His highly detailed work has been shown at the N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh, the Asheville Art Museum, the Morris Museum in Augusta, Georgia, and the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem.

$100 - 10,000