James W Johnson was born and raised in Upstate NY and moved to Lubbock, Texas in 1978. He received an MFA from Texas Tech University in 1981 and has continued to live in Lubbock as a studio artist. In 2001, James married the love of his life, Erika Pochybova Johnson, who is also an artist. Johnson has studied and made art for more than 35years. While being primarily a painter, he has produced a complex body of work in a wide variety of mediums such painting, video, drawing, sculpture, etching, digital, mixed media and furniture. James W Johnson has participated in over 170 exhibitions worldwide. In recent years James has been concentrating on creating images of animals, the source of true beauty in the world. See more about James at www.jameswjohnson.com.