Auntie Jean
Bonita Johnston
San Diego, California
2021
ARTIST STATEMENT
“Auntie Jean” was my first expressive crochet portrait and started me on this journey of figurative painting with yarn. When completed, I saw so much of my aunt in her that I named it after her. I remember hours of her sitting with my mom, having tea, discussing everything from their growing up years in London during WWII to their lives as military wives and mothers.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES
Yarn.
Freeform crochet and stitchery.