"After a lifetime as a painter, in 1968, J. Seward Johnson, Jr., turned his talents to the medium of sculpture. Since then, more than 200 of Johnson's lifesize cast bronze figures have been featured in private collections in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia, as well as prominent places in the public realm such as the Rockefeller Center and the World Trade Center in New York City and Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver, Canada. Johnson's most dramatic work -- and also his largest -- is the 70' aluminum giant entitled "The Awakening." This sculpture was selected for the International Sculpture Conference Exhibition and is sited in Washington, D.C. on a long term loan. Subsequent exhibitions include: the Galleria Ca D'oro, Piazza di Spagna, Rome; the RW Norton Art Museum; the Knoxville Museum of Art; the Wave Hill Sculpture Park; the Jacksonville Art Museum at Yale University; and solo exhibitions in Connecticut, New Jersey, Texas, California, New York, Washington, D.C., as well as in Mexico and Canada. Corporate collectors include the Nike Corporation, Arthur Andersen, Dial, Commerz Bank, and The Trammell Crow Company. A comprehensive book on the artist, entitled "Celebrating the Familiar," has been published and is available at bookstores." (source: the artist's web site)