Libby Johnson (American), Heralding

Lot Details & Additional Photographs

Oil on panel, 2010, signed at lower left, signed and inscribed to verso, retaining gallery labels, framed.

Panel 9 x 8 in.; Frame dimensions 10 x 9 in.

Collection of a Lady, Keswick, Virginia

David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
Acquired from the above

Libby Johnson received both her BFA and MFA from Louisiana State University and, in 2000, founded Studio dei Leoni, where she teaches painting, abstraction, and figure structure. She has also taught at Anderson Ranch in Colorado and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee. Working primarily in oil, Johnson builds on realistic depictions of nature to explore more intuitive and emotional themes. Her work has been exhibited at venues including David Lusk Gallery in Memphis, Harris Gallery in Houston, and Soren Christensen in New Orleans, and is held in numerous public and corporate collections, including the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Louisiana Art & Science Museum.

Very good estate condition.