Feeds:
Posts
Comments

X
X
X

 

 

WHITE_TULIP_FINAL_WP

WHITE TULIP   Catherine L. Johnson   2023

X
X
X

original drawing:

‘WHITE TULIP’

praises

excellence,

empathy,

and

the elixir of HOPE

 

Catherine L. Johnson

2023

X

white Pablo Caran d’Ache pencil on heavyweight archival periwinkle blue paper

the color wide blue sky periwinkle emits gentleness, hope, and calm,

a color of  purity, elegance and spirituality

that soothes and inspires.

 

The original drawing measures:

26″H x 18.5″W

X
X
X
X

For

M/Fairview Southdale Hospital,

the original drawing

was scanned and translated

into

an exclusive,

site-specific,

one of one,

custom fine art print:

 unique *Giclee

X
X

*Giclee prints stand apart with their extremely high level of archival quality and value compared to a standard mass produced print.
Giclée prints increase the value of an original.
Because of the archival quality, Giclee prints increase in value over time
 

X
X

X

X

HALLWAY_FAIRVIEW
 Me at the installation site utilizing my engineer/architect/artist skills – March 2022

The hallway between the two towers on the 2nd floor that goes to the General Surgery floor 

M / Fairview Southdale Hospital,

Edina, Minnesota

https://mhealthfairview.org/locations/m-health-fairview-southdale-hospital

 

X

X

X

18 May 2023

installation date

18 May 2023 installation day WHITE TULIP  THANK YOU

X

X

WHITE_TULIP_INSTALL_Ben_Clark

X

X

X

WHITE_TULIP_2023_Brings_ME_18May2023

Left: dear beloved cherished heartsoul friend since we were 10 year old girls  Right: Catherine L. Johnson / ARTIST

 

X
X
X

 

 

The

exclusive, site-specific,

custom fine art print

of

‘WHITE TULIP’ 

measures:

45”H x 33”W

X

X

X

The final presentation of the art,

was framed

in clear natural maple

and 

is protected by

non-reflective, museum grade OPTIMUM,

 measuring

55″H x 43″W

X
X
X

 

The singular

‘WHITE TULIP’

is presented as

a sacred icon

in its simplicity and scale.

The art’s purity is

uplifting elegance,

offering

a serene visual balm,

and

springtime’s joyous elixir

of

HOPE

to each and every viewer within

M/Fairview Southdale Hospital:

their patients;

their visitors;

their nurses;

their surgeons;

and

all their operational and administrative staff.

X

X

 A private title card was slipped

into a 9.5″W x 6.5H envelope

affixed to the back of the work:

WHITE TULIP 2023 PRIVATE TITLE CARD M FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL

 

 

X
X
X
X
X

WHITE_TULIP_FINAL_CROP

RILKE_INFIRMITIES_WHITE_TULIP_TRIPTYCH
X
X
X
X
X

My

hallelujah praises

to my

remarkable, dedicated, top-drawer

collaborators:

Mark Jones, Master Printer, and Jon, Arts District Imageworks

Jim Ross and assistant Ha Quan, Ross Frame Shop

Benjamin Reed and assistant Clark, Benjamin Reed Art Installation

X
X
X
X
X

The

catalyst of

‘WHITE TULIP’

was the love,

the profound blessed love,

of my O-sister

who has walked WITH me

since we were

ten year old girls.

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

Note:

Catherine L. Johnson’s art has been acquired to grace other leading healing centers:

 

M/Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain

https://midb.umn.edu/

‘Pine Tree: INFINITY’ 2004 was selected to be MIDB’s centerpiece.

 

Center for International Health

https://www.healthpartners.com/care/find/location/centers/healthpartners/st-paul/center-international-health/

‘Pine Tree: HOPE’ 2006 was commissioned to be CIH’s centerpiece.

 

Regions Hospital – holistic healing wing

https://www.healthpartners.com/care/hospitals/regions/

Breath Prayers’ 1998

‘Pine Tree: An Appeal to Heaven’ 1998

 

M/Fairview Southdale Hospital – The Elsie O. Mitchell Meditation Sanctuary and Third Floor surgical wing

https://mhealthfairview.org/locations/m-health-fairview-southdale-hospital

‘YOUARENOTFALLINGYOUARERISING’ 2008

‘Pine Tree: Hope’ 2005 exclusive, site specific, custom fine art print

‘BLOOM Triptych’ 2003

X

X

 

X
X
X

Battlefield cross - Wikipedia

X

VETERANS DAY

 HONORING OUR HEROES

HONORING OUR HER/OES

X
X
X

There are TWO key factors

underlying the grand acts of heroism

that involve a risk of personal harm:

risk-taking behavior

and

generosity.

X
X

People who risk their lives

in the service of another

are naturally more likely

to take greater risks

and

they also possess a great deal of

compassion,

kindness,

empathy,

and

altruism.

X
X
X
X
X
X
X

UNCLEBILL_WilliamHenryJohnson_WWII_Pilot

1st Lieutenant William Henry Johnson

Uncle Bill

X
X
X

RICHARDHAROLDJOHNSON_LettertoDaddy_brotherUncleBilldeath_WWII_cousinHaroldKulpauthor

Letter to my Daddy, Richard Harold Johnson, sent by his cousin Harold Kulp.

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/05/27/863-memorial-day-2019-bebraveiwillsingtoyou-respect-honor/

X
X

UNCLE_BILL_PLANE_RATTLESDEN

Uncle Bill’s B17 – shown above

X
X
X

Please click to read the PDF:

13 APRIL 2019 Johnson’s Corner Uncle Bill 1st Lieutenant William Henry Johnson

 

X
X
X
X
X

X

SEeSEaSHIP_#12_2018_CATHERINELJOHNSONSEeSEaSHIP #12                                                               Catherine L. Johnson  2017

 

X
X

X

WHITE_TULIP_FINAL_WPWHITE TULIP    Catherine L. Johnson  2023

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

Mother’s Day

X

honoring the women

who cherish your unfolding life

honoring the women

who call out your preciousness

honoring the women

who walk with you

honoring the women

who called out your soul to rise up again

honoring the women

who bathed your wounds and heartbreaks

honoring the women

who tenderly clear away your gripped blindness with honesty

honoring the women

who radiate joy in your presence

honoring the women

who know you are an unrepeatable shining jewel

honoring the women

who love and celebrate the wilderness within you

honoring the women

who are your sterling north star chartreuse springtime

honoring the women

who live with excellence, empathy, the elixir of hope

honoring the women

who are in your memories and are now

honoring the women…

X

Catherine L. Johnson  2023

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

2DAD2P1

X

X

X

X

X

Emily Dickinson

1890

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

The

catalyst of

WHITE TULIP

was the love,

the profound blessed love,

of my O-sister

who has walked WITH me

since we were

ten year old girls.

X
X
X

WHITE TULIP

measuring 43″ H x 33″ is a permanent installation of art

at M/Fairview Southdale Hospital.

X
X
X
X
X

X

X

X

MY_MOTHER'S_GARDEN_SERIES_1997_CATHERINELJOHNSON_WP

My Mother’s Garden    Catherine L. Johnson  1997

X

My Mother, the late Doris Cottor Johnson Omlie, was an artist.

My Mom is alive in my heart.

Her creativity and working with her shaped me as an artist:

an irreplaceable gift of

WINGS of WONDER + AWE.

X
X
X

COTTOR_family_Emil_Edna_Anne_Bob_Doris

The maternal side of my family

X

X

X

left to right:

my Grandpa Cottor, the late Emil Ferdinand Cottor

my Aunt Anne, Dr. Anne Cottor Kuhn

my Uncle Bob, the late Dr. Robert E. Cottor

my Mom, the late Doris Cottor Johnson Omlie

my Grandma Cottor, the late Edna Catherine Strand Cottor

X
X
X
X

7 May 2023

AUNT_ANNE_circa1945? AUNT_ANNE_14JUNE2021_edited-1

 My

Aunt Anne’s

CENTENNIAL

birthday!

X
X
X

Please click on the PDF below:

AUNT ANNE 7 May 2023 100th BIRTHDAY

X
X
X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Everything's Coming Up Roses | Flickr - Photo Sharing! | Peace rose, Hybrid  tea roses, Beautiful roses

The

‘PEACE ROSE’*

was loved by

 the maternal side of my family

and

this hybrid rose

was cultivated

in my grandparents’ gardens

as well as in

my Aunt Anne’s

and

my Mom’s garden.

X

* Francis Meilland was passionate about roses. He loved their rich perfume, their buds unfurling in the summer sun, and their petals, soft as lambs’ ears. Like his father and grandfather before him, Francis cultivated flowers on the family farm in France. In his teens, he set about grafting and experimenting, determined to create a rose no one had seen before, and as the world braced for World War II, he rushed cuttings to rose-growing friends around the globe. Six patient years later, word reached him: his rose had not only flourished; people were calling it the Peace Rose.

X
X
X

ART_NORTHERN_2023_POSTER_1

X
X
X
X
X

Catherine L. Johnson / ARTIST

works on VIEW

X

X

X

X

 My art is a dynamic experience

 a dance heralding all the senses.

My art needs an actual encounter

to

disclose/reveal its

mystery, dance, and whisper.

X
X

X
X
X

X
X

THE NORTHERN GALLERY

An exclusive exhibition space presenting resident Northern Warehouse artists

Location: basement of the Northern Warehouse

X
X
X
X

TWO works:

X

X

X

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

NEST: FORYOUMYGIFTISNOTHIDINGFORYOU  Catherine L. Johnson 2010

X
X
X

https://catherineljohnson.files.wordpress.com/2022/04/isla_elizabeth_lullaby_march2022_clj.jpg?w=1000

A LULLABY for the HEART of UKRAINE     Catherine L. Johnson  2022

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X

THE NORTHERN WAREHOUSE #511

several original works

installed on the walls outside my studio

including the work below:

X
X
X

ART_NORTHERN_2023_RESHDFRIEDBLOOD_2013_WP1

Poster: MARCH FOR OUR LIVES 2018
Original painting: PLACE YOUR HAND ON MY HEART: FRESHDRIEDBLOODIAMHUMAN  

X
X

ART_NORTHERN_GUNS_RUBIN_2023_WP

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post

X
X
X
X

X

X

X

https://catherineljohnson.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/humanity_freshdriedbloodiamhuman_catherinel-johnson_2013b.jpgPLACE YOUR HAND ON MY HEART: FRESHDRIEDBLOODIAMHUMAN      Catherine L. Johnson 2012

X
X

X

X

X

SPARROW 2010

X
X
X
X
X

SPARROW_DAWNYELLOW_2010_16H_14WSPARROW: SING SING SING                                Catherine L. Johnson  2010

X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X

SPARROW

series

Catherine L. Johnson

2010

X

Please click on the links below for further exploration:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/sparrow-fly-my-heart-free-catherine-l-johnson-2010-deafening-despair-call-and-response-the-sparrow-is-a-symbol-of-the-beloved/

http://www.bebopified.com/2010/09/rene-marie-sings-truth-at-dakota.html

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X
DADDY_RICHARDHAROLDJOHNSON_AUG1960_PINEHURSTLODGE_WPX

My Daddy:

Richard Harold Johnson

X

DADDY'S-GRAVE_MEMORIAL_2015_2019

X
X

MOM_DADDY_12_QUESTIONS_FOR_SHRINERS_HOSPITAL_FOR_CRIPPLED_CHILDREN_1958

X
X
X

I can remember him holding me in his arms

– with my heavy plaster body cast confining my hips and legs.

I could smell his devoted love and dedicated affection for me.

Palpable.

Eternal.

North star.

X

X

15 April

My Daddy’s birthdate.

Richard Harold Johnson.

X

He was killed in car accident – decapitated.

His brother, Bob, and his brother-in-law, Dean, identified him.

He was 32.

I was 6.

X

Survivors:

my Mother, Doris; my sister, Lynne; my brother Bill, and my brother Blake.

X
X

I kept his name.

X
X

My sister and brothers changed their last name

when my Mom remarried 4 years later.

Their choice and their story.

X

Daddy was fiercely committed to my welfare.

I remember his love/affection/protection when he held me.

  His holding me tenderly overwhelmed my longing heart.

The Johnson character/legacy is remarkable.

I was confronted with tremendous pressure to conform and change my name.

I could not.

I would not.

X

X

 Honor.

Respect.

Integrity.

X

X

I knew and know my soul.

X
X
X

I have a strong life force and the divinity with in me refuses to fall into despair.

Choices.

I had NO choice how I was born into the world — my choices with my condition and who I welcome are mine.

I am proud of me — not an easy voyage.

I know Daddy, Mom, Uncle Bob, Grandpa Cottor, Jane Matteson and Dr. Mark B. Coventry

– my North Stars – would be proud as well.

X
X
X

MOVING GRACE_RHYTHM
X
X
X
X
X
X

RICHARDHAROLDJOHNSON_LettertoDaddy_brotherUncleBilldeath_WWII_cousinHaroldKulpauthor

X
X
X

JANET_PASSION_EASTER2023_RTJANET_PASSION_EASTER2023_top

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

BREATH_#1_1997_CATHERINELJOHNSON_8BREATH I   Catherine L. Johnson  1997

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

EASTER_GREETING_GINA_2023

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

EASTER_K9_RIVER_WALK_2023

X
X
X

JANET_PASSION_#1_7APRIL2023

Janet’s PASSION tulips

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

LEFTSPRINGGREEN_#5_2016_CATHERINELJOHNSONLEFTSPRINGGREEN #5     Catherine L. Johnson 2016

X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X

For further information on LEFTSPRINGGREEN series 2016,

please click on the link below:

LEFTSPRINGGREEN #1/ #2/ #3 / #4/ #5/ #6 + USING MY “NON-ART HAND” + POST-OP = RECONSTRUCTION/JOINT REPLACEMENT OF MY ART HAND + MY ART HAND = MY BREATH/MY WING/MY FREEDOM SONG…

witch hunt

or witch-hunt

[ wich-huhnt ]

noun

1. (in historical use) the investigation, trial, and punishment of alleged practitioners of witchcraft.

2. an intensive inquiry, originally or purportedly to discover and expose dishonesty, subversion, or other wrongdoing, the scope and conclusions of which often include and bring harm to innocent persons or their reputations through reliance on hearsay or circumstantial evidence.

X
X
X

1989

Trump’s ‘WITCH HUNT’

without EVIDENCE

Reality Check: Donald Trump and the Central Park 5

Trump obviously still believes that the Central Park 5 are guilty, it cannot be said he is lying or even misleading.

But he is undoubtedly holding steadfast to an opinion in the face of DNA evidence to the contrary and the fact that the Central Park 5 have been exonerated by the legal system.

FILM CAPSULE: The Central Park Five (Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, 2012): USA |  HollywoodGlee

Central Park Five Case Exposes America's Criminal 'Injustice' System - BTL

Mr. Trump placed full-page advertisements in four New York City newspapers in 1989 calling for the state to adopt the death penalty.

X
X
X
X
X

4 April 2023

X

Former president Trump’s ‘WITCH HUNT’

with EVIDENCE 

X

X

Former president Trump’s ARRAIGNMENT

34 counts

X

X

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty as he was formally charged with 34 counts * Tuesday, appearing in court for the first time since being indicted in connection with concealing hush money payments, multiple outlets reported.

X

The 34 counts:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-indictment-34-felony-counts-charges-new-york-read/

X
X
X
X
X

Donald Trump arrives in New York ahead of his surrender - Los Angeles Times

Live updates for Trump's New York arraignment | PBS NewsHour

 X

Bragg doesn’t show all his cards in his case against Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/05/bragg-arraignment-trump-charged-reaction/

x

slow motion exploding orange gif | WiffleGif

#45 IMPLODING

CATHERINE L. JOHNSON

ARTIST SONIC / VISUAL COEUR POET / WRITER SEE/SEA BEAUTY DETECTIVEPRIEST / ACTIVIST/ SACRED TRUTH-TELLING INTEGRITY RADIANCE

CATHERINE L. JOHNSON

ARTIST SONIC / VISUAL COEUR POET / WRITER SEE/SEA BEAUTY DETECTIVEPRIEST / ACTIVIST/ SACRED TRUTH-TELLING INTEGRITY RADIANCE