New Ancient III

$9000

This is a work that refuses to be ignored. Kim Johnson's mixed-media portrait commands the room with the raw authority of a face that has seen everything and given nothing away — two mismatched eyes, one amber-warm, one cool and green, holding the viewer in a gaze that feels ancient and immediate all at once. Saffron gold, crimson ember, and smoldering olive collide across the surface in a grid of bold vertical and horizontal lines, fragmenting the face into a living mosaic without ever losing its humanity. Intricate ornamental stenciling — lace-like flourishes beneath each eye, a gilded floral medallion at the cheek — punctuates the raw energy of splattered pigment and scraped texture with moments of breathtaking delicacy. For the serious collector, this piece represents Johnson at the height of her signature practice: the tension between the figurative and the abstract, between concealment and revelation, built up in layer after physical layer of mixed media. The tactile surface rewards close inspection — gold seams stitching panels together, embossed floral appliqués catching light, stenciled pattern bleeding into freehand gesture. This is not a painting you simply hang; it is a presence you live with, one that shifts and deepens as you return to it across seasons and moods. As Johnson's public profile continues to rise across the Las Vegas arts landscape and beyond, works of this caliber and complexity represent a compelling acquisition — visually arresting enough to anchor a major wall, layered enough to sustain a lifetime of looking. Bold, culturally resonant, and unmistakably hers.

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