Yesterday Canvas Print

Yesterday is a story of dreams and remembrance. The orbits of Earth around the sun inexorably mark the years in all our lives. The more orbits we complete, the more we review to measure the paths of our lives. Heath Herring’s image says it all and I am grateful he gave me permission to use it as the basis for my painting, “Yesterday…Memories of Yesterday”.

Barbara Johnson finally figured out what she wants to be when she grows up-a watercolorist chasing paper, light, life and color. Fascinated by the beauty and magic of watercolorists like Jim Kosvanec, Georgia O'Keeffe, Angus McEwan, and Thomas Moran, she began to study the art. After many decades of engineering management in support of our country, which she loved as well, she hung up the calculators, parked the cranes and pipes, and picked up a brush full-time. The quest for light and color began in Honolulu, Hawaii back in the 1990s. On her off hours she sold her paintings on the fence in Kapiolani Park, studied under Daniel Wang, Hawaii’s state watercolor artist, and competed in juried shows. Life intervened in a big way and the...