LEFTMINGCOBALT
Color of Ming Dynasty porcelains. Composed with my left hand.
http://www.mnartists.org/artwork/leftmingcobalt-1-2-3-4-5-6-using-my-“non-art-hand”-post-op-reconstructionjoint-replacement
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LEFTMINGCOBALT #1 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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LEFTMINGCOBALT #2 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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LEFTMINGCOBALT #3 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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LEFTMINGCOBALT #4 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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LEFTMINGCOBALT #5 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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LEFTMINGCOBALT #6 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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Fifteen days post-op.
My NON-ART hand is thoroughly a 4 year old WILD child!
I draw with this WILD hand on large boards- grasping onto fine art colored pencils.
AWAY we go! I simply watch!
I then cut the boards with my late Mother’s 53 year old paper cutter
using my ART HAND’s forearm to push the blade down
as the WILD child holds the board in position.
I then arrange/compose the parts- akin to creating a mix-tape or editing a film.
The finished works dance, FLY and sing and do 4 year old JOY– and, keeps my LIGHT on.
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Last night, a friend looked at the 6 LEFTMINGCOBALT works.
He remarked: “These are drones and extra-terrestials!”
The cobalt blue used in the exquisite porcelains of the Ming Dynasty came from Persia.
I was a double major: Chinese History and Studio Art as an undergraduate: an ancient soul explorer.
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CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 
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