Carl B Johnson – CBJ Art dot com
Nothing quiet on the Western Front
I know it ain’t much. I set apart a side of the studio for my new graphic design business. I invested in a vinyl plotter, and am able to do custom vinyl design and installs.
I offer competitive prices to local businesses. There is no need to go online and buy from a stranger!
In addition to custom vinyl, I am able to print banners and flags. I specialize in media that supports our troops, as well as supporting “Shop Local!”
Angel’s Trumpet
Oil on Canvas – SOLD
University Club opening reception
September 26, 2021
I approach every exhibition with trepidation. I wasn’t sure how the day would go. In fact, I almost did not submit to this group show with the Take Five Artists. I did not have a lot of available paintings. At the last minute I put together paintings that were slated for another show. I am glad I did.
I selected a handful of my American Bar Series paintings. Half were of local establishments, others of bars in Key West and New Orleans. Angel’s Trumpet is a bar in Phoenix on 2nd Ave just off of Roosevelt. The name derives from the owner’s surname, Angelhorn – you get it.
A group of art patrons that had never heard of any of our group just happened to attend the opening. Before long I had an inflated ego as I was told how much they liked my painting.
We will be back at the U Club in March 2022 with a new show, new work. I don’t know what I will have – I do have two new large paintings, on still on the easel, of local bar scenes. I also have a slew of abstracts. And I have a head full of ideas that I have yet to lay out on canvas. Time will tell.
First Studio Gallery
Take Five Artists Reception
University Club, Phoenix
39 E Monte Vista Road
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Sunday, September 26, 2021
2PM to 4PM
Meet the artists of Take Five, including yours truly! There will be complimentary hors d’oeuvres, and a cash bar. All art work is available for purchase.
I have five or six oil paintings on exhibit. All are affordable. Support your local artist!
God Doesn’t Live in Houses Built by Man
Found Object Assemblage – $200
I have two assemblage pieces in a juried group show at First Studio Gallery, 631 N 1st Ave, Phoenix, AZ.
The exhibit runs from September 25 through November 27, 2021.
They had over 100 artists submit work, with room for only 70 pieces. I feel fortunate that they selected two of mine for this show, which I feel is going to be outstanding. Continue reading “Piecing it Together”
Two Decades of Selected Solo, Invitational & Juried Exhibitions and other stuff:
This month I will have been on this planet for 60 years. This comes as a surprise to many friends and family.
I have been actively exhibiting for 2 of those six decades. Oh, I was in art shows prior to 2001. But thereabouts, I decided to take my art from hobby to professional. That was the beginning of my American Bar Series of paintings of local dive bars. Continue reading “Two Decades of Selected Solo, Invitational & Juried Exhibitions”
There was an old woman lived in a shoe…
This found object, re-purposed assemblage is one of three I submitted to an exhibit in Phoenix.
Sometimes my pieces have messages, sometimes they are merely whimsical. Sometimes they are both.
I am not going to tell you which is which.
Desert Detritus Clock – Jawbone
I have time. Lots of time for the next three months.
This Monday past I had surgery on my rotator cuff and right bicep. The surgeon told me I had the biggest tear i a rotator cuff he has ever seen. The detached bicep tendon was just an added bonus.
Today is the first I was actually able to function. Typing is a chore. My right arm is bound in a sling, and movement is very limited.
I took the time to enter three different art exhibits throughout Arizona. Each features various subject matter, although all are of my found object assemblage pieces.
Either I will be busy exhibiting this fall, or I will have more rejection slips to add to my collection.