Dream Weaver

DIMENSIONS 30 x 23 in (76.20 x 58.42 cm) MEDIUM Acrylic, 11-color silkscreen on 850gsm Arches cold press watercolor paper Hand-finished series of 26 + 2APs +2PPs + 1 BAT, 2022Signed and numbered by the artist on front ABOUT THE WORK Dream Weaver presents a new and innovative approach to printmaking, closely simulating Aaron Johnson’s painting process. Step one in this edition, each paper was hand painted first, using free-flowing strokes of highly liquid acrylic paint. The fluidity of the paint results in unpredictable spontaneous bleeds and blurs as the paint stains the paper. Next, an 11-color silkscreen process was applied to the painted papers, creating hard-edged graphic forms to contrast the atmospheric stains. Finally, the prints were hand finished by Johnson in his studio, giving some unique painterly touches, such as knuckles and hair texture. Each print in this edition is singular in the fluidity of the stained paper and the hand-embellished details. “In my painting proces