The Delegation Tom McGlynn Joan Mitchell and Georges Mathieu

Joan Mitchell and Georges Mathieu

The wooden surface is shining through the paint and the structure becomes part of the painting

and a respect for the human hand

until each one achieves its individual sense of realization and harmony

and the contour of downtown Chicago was a crystalline mirage in the dusk

The Delegation Tom McGlynn Joan Mitchell and Georges MathieuThe technique Johnson employs is extremely rigorous, involving, as he says, pushing paint around with palette knives and drywall tools rather than brushes. The scraping and sanding creates a variety of different textures and leads to the emergence of unexpected forms. Johnson has said he does not believe in inspiration. Instead, he believes in evolution. He is motivated by process. Rather than being planned ahead of time, the work emerges through a