Ynez Johnston creates fantasy worlds using her own personal aesthetic
language.
Her exotic works suggest teeming cities, vast landscapes, gorgeous royal trappings
and improbable vehicles. Sailors, lovers, kings and mythological beasts vie
for positions in the complex compositions. Colors -- jewel-like colors -- create
opulent tapestries that mesmerize; even her black-and-white images have a full
range of 'colors'.
Ynez Johnston is the subject of a recent monograph by Gerald Nordland and a
touring exhibition organized by the Kennedy Museum of American Art.
Chronology and Public
Collections Listing
Ynez Johnston's Artwork
For the 1998 exhibition An Overview: 1940s to 1990s
