For nearly 13 years, Studio dei Leoni on Perkins Road has been painter Libby Johnson’s venue for helping budding artists young and old find their own creative characters inside. But it is at her home studio in her College Towne residence that the MFA graduate from LSU births fluidly expressive still-lifes and landscapes—many inspired by the flora of the University Lake she overlooks.
Sailor Man salt cellar. Lovingly glued back together after a tumble from the kitchen counter, this was a gift long ago from my sister-in-law, Deborah Crespo.
A self-professed book hound, Johnson also is the keeper of a vast store of curios and unique creations—many made by the hands of the people who have populated her life as an artist. Here she shares 10 of her valuables with 225.
Cycles of Life basket. This was made by me to depict the four seasons on the outer panels, night and day on the inside and filled with eggs to represent the renewal of life.