Thomas Crayton Johnson

“Divine Instruments” part 2, oil on canvas 24" x 16"
1997

I am inspired by modern life and technology. My observation of our lives and how we live, consciously and unconsciously, is where I start my conceptual art making process. The absurdity of daily life and our obsession with the accumulation of “things” is of particular interest to me and expresses itself in my work. I work with a variety of material, the concepts generate the medium. Research play and experimentation are integral in my art making process.

Bio

Biography: Thomas Crayton Johnson (as of May 8 th 2005)
Born: September 23 rd 1976, 2:46 am, on a Thursday at Kaiser Hospital on Zion. Mission Valley area ( San Diego).
Hair: Brown and in dire need of a cut.
Eyes: Grey or what ever they want.
Weight: over
Lived: North Park, University Heights and La Mesa. Moved to Encinitas at Age 10 and have lived in Leucadia, Cardiff, La Costa and now Vista since then.(I have never lived outside of San Diego County, but have been fortunate enough to travel in the states and abroad)
Likes: the sound of breaking glass, Fastfood, making people laugh. Silly looking animals.
Loves: Cara Dawn Johnson, (formerly Struble). Home videos of people and or animals, crashing, falling, tripping or doing dumb stuff. That is what usually inspires me creatively. Cultural/Sociological critiques and historical material incl. military history, affects my work a lot.

“Art is anything that you can get away with”
-Marshall McLuhan

“I don’t always believe in everything I say”
- Marshall McLuhan