Artist.  A painter of the American west, he popularized a style of portraying cowboys which became known as “The Johnson Moonlight Technique”. Shunning traditional tools of artists he used knives, fingers and brushes to design his paintings. Eventually his paintings became more popular than his illustrations so he concentrated in this medium. He died in Pasadena, California. (bio by: Joe Walker)  Family links:  Parents:  Abner Morse Johnson (1846 – 1936)  Cordelia Rebecca Tenney Johnson (1848 – 1886)  Spouse:  Vinnie  Francis Johnson (1876 – 1956)  Sibling:  Frank Tenney Johnson (1874 – 1939)  Cordelia Elizabeth Johnson Turner (1882 – 1925)* *Calculated relationship