Austin · Texas · Est. 2018
Drawn by hand,
in color.
Arden Johnson makes hyper-realist colored pencil drawings of the things we used to hold — cassettes, sneakers, Polaroids, dogs that lived on our laps — and the things we still do.
Three ways to collect
A piece for every wall.
From one-of-one originals to open-edition prints, the work meets you where you are.
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Originals on the wall
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Limited Editions
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Have your own piece drawn.
Twelve commission slots a year. Your pet, your grandfather's typewriter, the bike you learned on — rendered in colored pencil, signed, framed-ready.
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The Artist
Arden Johnson is an Austin-based artist working in colored pencil on cotton paper. Her subjects are deliberate — equal parts modern still life and retro time capsule — and her drawings live in private collections across the US and Europe.
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