SHE’S LIKE THE WIND
14” x 14” framed / powdered graphite, pencil, on yupo / ©Roxie Johnson 2025
This current drawing series personifies my fascination with those relationships lying beyond one’s ordinary field of awareness. And I feel privileged to have a selection of them on display and available at PINKWATER GALLERY, 237 Fair Street, Kingston, NY.
I invite you to get a close up, nose-to-nose experience with my recent work through January 6th, 2026.
I love utilizing a diverse collection of mark-making implements when working with graphite. This particular Patterson-Sargent brush occupies a special place in my studio practice. The bristle is from Chinese horsehair and is crafted to be used in varnishing furniture. Salvaged from my late father’s basement workbench, it has become a remarkable applicator for using powdered graphite in recent work. With repetitive layering as part of my genetic makeup, the method is perfect for producing an intriguing dimensional ground for whatever else might materialize.
I often imagine what my Dad might have accomplished with this brush years ago. He was a statistician, a teacher, a violinist, with a passion for wood and fine craft. Though a complicated man, he lived a simple life, and I’m unsure how many actually experienced his quieter, pensive, and more creative side. What I do know is when taking his brush in hand, I sense an inescapable familiarity washing over me. I’ll sink down into the calm, crack a thin smile, and reconnect with the comfort we had both found in doing something we loved.
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