During a collaborative show of Drawings and Works on Paper at the Everett Mills Landing, Lawrence MA, February 14, 2026, two counterpoint bodies of work by visual artist Adrian Johnston opened in Suite 447 (hosted by KMOVstudios).
Love Language
Drawing/drawing can be a verb and a noun. The act connects points into lines, lines into compositions, and compositions into drawings. This installation of drawing media composes drawings into stories: nonverbal language exploring love as a verb. Figures half formed, abstract graphic shapes, lines and thought bubbles within an ecosystem, inviting us to connect dots in the ephemera, and to turn drawings back into drawing.
Above: Dance for a Book (horizontal scroll detail Mixed Media on Paper)
Below: Lines and People (horizontal scroll detail Mixed Media on Paper)
Thought Bubble 2 (Ink and Collage on Paper)
Read Between the Lines (Charcoal on Canvas)
Dance For a Book (horizontal scroll detail Mixed Media on Paper)
Ethics of Conversation 2 (corner grid)
Ink on Four Plastic Wrapped Papers
Ethics of Conversation 1 (cruciform grid)
Ink on Five Plastic Wrapped Papers
Under Construction
Monoliths both natural and constructed explore form in fixity as an accumulation of sediment and nostalgia through varied marks and mediums and color.
