Mitchell Johnson San Francisco Boxed Notecards Set now available at Amazon and Bay Area Museum and Bookstores

 

San Francisco Boxed Notecards is set #7 of seven new Mitchell Johnson notecard sets being released in January, 2025. Each of these seven limited-edition boxed sets of notecards are beautifully designed and feature 20 blank cards of 5 different paintings (4 cards of each) and 20 blank envelopes. The seven themes in this series capture the gamut of places that inspire Johnson's work: Amalfi Coast, North Truro (Cape Cod), Paris, Maine, Race Point (Provincetown), Newfoundland and of course, San Francisco. The photos below, included with each Amazon listing, provide a clear description of the contents of the set you are considering. A biographical flysheet accompanies each set and the colorful notecards are printed on high quality stock and are perfect for writing correspondence and thank you notes. The San Francisco set includes compositions based on views from 1750 Taylor Street (Russian Hill), 555 California Street, Chinatown and the Presidio. Mitchell Johnson moved to Palo Alto, California from New York City in 1990 to work for the artist, Sam Francis. He settled in California after meeting his wife, author/chef Donia Bijan.

Mitchell Johnson studied painting, drawing and art history at Staten Island Academy, Randolph-Macon College, The Washington Studio School, The New York Studio School, The Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts and in 1990 received an MFA in Painting from Parsons School of Design in New York City. Johnson's paintings are in the permanent collections of over 35 museums including Galleria Nazionale D'Arte Moderna in Rome, Museo Morandi in Bologna, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Achenbach Foundation in San Francisco and Bornholms Kunstmuseum in Denmark. A full list of museum collections is under the biography tab on his website. Johnson's paintings have appeared in numerous feature films including The Holiday (2006), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011) and It's Complicated (2009). Johnson has been a visiting artist at The American Academy in Rome, The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Borgo Finocchieto in Tuscany and The LeWitt House in Praiano, Italy.