Shawnee Wollenman Johnson is a native Californian who paints with oils, waxes and acrylic media in an intuitive process that reaches into the subconscious to pull images from life, dreams and imagination.

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She incorporates findings from nature and travels, repurposed materials, clays, sand, metals, natural pigments, Venetian plaster and old photographs into her paintings. Texture is often a strong element in her work. She works on paper, wood panel, hardboard and occasionally stretched canvas.

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Shawnee's work references a life long awareness of the history of art and culture from cave paintings to the present, finding inspiration wherever she goes.

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Shawnee has lived in Calistoga, California, with her husband, Jeff, since 1984.