"In the Studio: George Johanson" (2009)

"In the Studio with George Johanson" documents the studio world of painter and printmaker George Johanson as he works on large paintings of bathers and jazz musicians, shares working drawings and pages from his sketch books, and gives an intimate account of his creative process. Lively, generous and inspiring, Johanson talks freely about his love of drawing, and why he prefers his process of painting on colored grounds; we see his process of making sketches for his ceramic tile work and we watch him develop a painting as well as pull a two-color woodcut print-- in itself a kind of master class. The video ends with a documentation of the reception for his 60 year retrospective at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, and on-site views of many of his public art projects.

-Mark Andres

Producers: Mark Andres, Michael Annus and Prudence Roberts

Director/Camera: Michael Annus

Camera: Erik Fauske

Additional Camera: Sara Robbin and Will Walle

Production Assistance/Colorist: Supada Amornchat

Editor: Laura Lull

Piano by George Johanson

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