Artwork copyright Terry Lee Johnson. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Single Pear, 1981
Terry Lee Johnson
American (born 1948)
Location: South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia
About the Artwork
Single Pear is an example of artist Terry Lee Johnson's still-life paintings and drawings from the 1980s that examine the quality of shadow, light, and form of pears placed in a shadowbox.
This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with South Puget Sound Community College.
About the Artist
Terry Lee Johnson is a figurative painter. His art is inspired by personal trauma and pivotal points in life.Johnson grew up in Minnesota. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Cloud State College in Minnesota, and a Master of Fine Arts degree (1978) from the University of Washington in Seattle. He taught at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle for over twenty years. He lives and works in the San Juan Islands in Puget Sound, Western Washington.
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