Grounded
I hear from David that he is neglecting his poetry writing in favour of art. It looks like it has paid off though and I have news of an exhibition of his paintings and etchings.
“With his Grounded selection of images, David has produced art on a human scale that will live happily in the home and provide constant pleasure to the eye”. (Grant Bradley Gallery)
The exhibition will be at The Grant Bradley Gallery in Bedminster from Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 10th May to 31st May
2014. Private view Friday 9th May 6.00 to 9.00pm
David C Johnson is also a poet and had success in last year’s Poetry Space Competition with this humorous entry:
Don’t let me linger
I pray that I won’t linger
When I am ninety-one
That my manner of departure
Will be swiftly done
That I will be eaten
By a great white shark
Or run down by a sirened car
Racing in the dark
Not for me the catheter bag
The loitering stench of piss
Let me fall from the Matterhorn
Into a deep abyss
Let me be sucked down gently
In a Lorna Doone type bog
Let me collapse by the roadside
On a geriatric jog
Spare me the indignity
Of adult baby diapers
And the scrubbing of my buttocks
By blue-clad teenage wipers
Don’t let my mind disintegrate
And my recall disappear
Walk me on to Beachy Head
And never shed a tear
When it’s time for me to go
Give me the greatest gift
The chance to make my leaving
Conscionably swift
If David’s artwork is as good as his written words then this promises to be a great exhibition and well worth a visit if you are in the Bristol area.
