Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen. - Leonardo da Vinci
Art by Johanna Pack
Portrait of Kai and Haven, watercolor, 2001
Kai and Haven were painted from two individual photographs, using a photograph of the two of them together for scale.
"Your Favorite Things" commission, watercolor, 2002
This was painted based on a list of my client's wife's favorite items: certain flowers, bubble baths, reading, and outdoor gardens with gazebos.
Yoga Paper Doll, 2007
This is a yoga-themed "paper doll". I like doing these repeating paper cutouts and plan to get more fancy.
Ballroom Paper Doll, 2007
This paper doll is an experiment with not making all four panels the same. It wasn't entirely successfull, but it's a start.
Mermaid Diving, watercolor, 2000
Mermaid flipping over in the water. Gave this to a friend who watched me paint it.
Old Elf Reminiscing, watercolor, 2003
Supposed to be reminiscing about an event from his younger days. I don't think it really came across.
Peeking Elf, colored pencil, 2000
Elf with vines growing out of his head. Currently working on a second version of this in gouache.
Three Dancers, watercolor, 2005
One of the most complex paintings I've ever done, it took me about 6 months (though not continuously!). This is one of the few things I completed in 2005...
Running Woman, watercolor, 2003
She's running out her frustration.
By the River, watercolor, 2001
The idea came from a guy I knew talking about his girlfriend and her long brown hair. He bought a print of it, and I gave the original to my dad.
Tree Swing, watercolor, 2001
Loosely based on a dress of my mom's, but also similar to a bell.
Into the Darkness, watercolor, 1999
This is one of my favorites.
Tribute to MC Escher, pencil sketch, 2004
Drew this while working at a very boring temp job. These are chinese hand exercise balls.
Study of a Shell, carbon and chalk dust, 2004
This is a shell that my brother gave me.
Dan Relaxing, watercolor, 2008
Painting of my husband in Tahoe.
Oleander in Bloom, carbon and chalk dust, 2004
Oleanders have always reminded me of one of my favorite books from childhood, The Changeling.
Woman Floating Near Mountain, watercolor, 2002
I liked the dress and the mountain...
Ennui Party, watercolor, 2004
Another melting dress. Was trying to go for a background, but it wasn't well-planned.
Blue Dress by the Ocean, watercolor, 2000
This was the first of the melting dresses. It's my favorite as far as dresses go, but the rest of the painting...
Grand Entrance, watercolor, 2002
And another melting dress. This idea was suggested by my husband.
Miggy (character in children's book), watercolor, 1999
Part of an entire childrens book I wrote, but I couldn't come up with a good ending.
Fairy Tattoo on Jess, 1997
This is from a design I did during our freshman year at college. Hopefully I'll be able to post the original one of these days.
Crying by a Stream, watercolor, 2003
Trying to work in a looser format.
Mural idea, colored pencil, 2005
Concept sketch for a mural on a rooftop.
Surface Anatomy of a Chicken Leg, watercolor, 2003
A study of a chicken leg that I purchased at the grocery store and dissected in stages. The work was done on my own time, but based on a class I was taking at the time on medical and scientific illustration.
Feline Skull, carbon dust, 2003
A carbon-dust drawing of a wild feline skull (unidentified species). Drawings were based on the original skull plus digitial photographs.
Diptera Dolichopidae (a tiny green insect), ink and watercolor, 2003
Drawn using a dissection microscope during my scientific illustration class.
Uterus, ink and watercolor, 2004
This was for an article by a friend of mine that was never published.
Foetus, carbon dust, 2004
This was also for an article by a friend of mine that was never published.
Fire by Moonlight, watercolor, 2001
Another of my favorites. Used only black and blue paint on illustration board.
Fairy Fire, watercolor, 2003
Revision of the Fire by Moonlight, but the first one was better. The landscape is based on a painting by a friend done in high school.
Fairy Wings 1, watercolor, 2003
I had a vision of how these wings should be, but this wasn't it.
Fairy Wings2, watercolor, 2003
I had a vision of how these wings should be, but this also wasn't it.
Tornado Woman, watercolor, 2001
Another long, impossible dress.
Anger in the desert, watercolor, 2002
Another one of my favorites. This is actually a redo of a previous ruined version.
Dais on a Checkered Floor, watercolor, 1999
This was sold to a friend of mine.
Woman with scarf and green statue, watercolor, 2004
Sort of a revision of the Checkered Floor picture, but it came out like some kind of music video.
Stained Glass Room, watercolor, 2000
A cloth underwater with a person inside? Gave this to my brother.
Eugene fall landscape, oil, 2002
One of the first oils i did, for an independent study class. Painted on the jogging trail outside my apartment in Eugene.
Tree on a Hillside, watercolor, 2004
Tried to combine ink with watercolor, but not very successfully.
Woodcutter in Birch forest, oil, 2004
Painted with my husband as a model. Was trying Rosemaling on the edges.
The Cheeseburgers Logo, Jimmy Buffet Cover Band, 2001
Designed this for Dave Thomas of The Cheeseburgers. Jimmy Buffet cover band from Eugene.
Natural Broadcast Systems Logo, 2001
This was for a radio software company in Texas. Not my favorite, but it gets the point across.
Wooden sculpture holding 50lbs of sand, wood sculpture, 2005
The idea was to have a wooden sculpture supporting 50 pounds of something. Not the best photo, but it was fun to make. The entire thing comes apart and folds up for easy storage/portability.
Salt Sculpture, carving, 2005
Done for a sculpture class at a local community college. There was a lack of places to purchase soapstone, etc., so the teacher asked us to carve salt licks from the local feed store. I miss Georgie's...
Multimedia, 2005
Done for a sculpture class at a local community college. This was a group project with Becca and Cassandra in the class. We used yarn, wire, glue (hot and elmers), and some aluminum objects from the metal building.
Watercolor on Masonite, 2006
Watercolor class at Sac State. Masonite is great because you can just wipe it off later, but it's very easy to damage something you want to keep.
Watercolor on Masonite, 2006
Watercolor class at Sac State. My favorite masonite painting from this class.
Watercolor on Masonite, 2006
Watercolor class at Sac State. Imaginary landscape.
Housepaint on Canvas Paper, 2007
Life studio class at Sac State. The figure has been cropped out...
Acrylic on Canvas Paper, 2007
Life studio class at Sac State. Man with stools behind him. I really hate that yellow and red thing.
Acrylic on Canvas Paper, 2007
Life studio class at Sac State. Man sitting in bright yellow and green lights with red behind him.
Pencil on Paper, 2007
Life studio class at Sac State. Homework project of a self portrait.
Watercolor, 2007
Painting in the Field. At a former Air Force Base.
Watercolor, 2007
Painting in the Field. At the Sacramento River.
Watercolor, 2007
Painting in the Field. Combo of two paintings, the Air Force Base "Worm" and the log by the riverside.
Watercolor, 2007
Painting in the Field. At the Sacramento River, there are many broken pilings sticking up out of the water.
Watercolor, 2007
Painting in the Field. At a former Air Force Base. Just blue and orange.
Watercolor, 2007
Painting in the Field. At a former Air Force Base. Full color.
Watercolor, 2007
Painting in the Field. At the American River, Negro Bar recreational area.
Watercolor, 2007
Painting in the Field. At night at the shopping center patio of Folsom and 65th. I painted until they took the chair I was sitting in inside for the night.
Chalk Pastel on Watercolor Paper, 2008
This is a drawing of an imaginary fabric landscape with objects below the surface. It's close to 4 feet square.