Morgan Johnson was born in Santa Monica, California, on November 25, 1952. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego, in La Jolla after attending the Lycee du Universite au Dijon in Dijon, France, where he received a Certificate of Foreign Studies in culture in 1968. Although he has received no formal education in art, his work is refined and varied, including the techniques of oil on canvas, linen, glass, cardboard and wood, as well as watercolour, collage and encaustic painting. His styles range from classic realism, pointillism and fauvism to abstract expressionism and minimalism. His impressionist painting has been the object of awards and shows, combined with his interpretive poetry. He comes to his talent rightfully as the son of photographer Arnold M. Johnson and early motion picture publicist Roma Burton.

Morgan started painting at age eight, receiving paid commissions at twelve. He has completed several murals, two of which are located at the UCSD campus in La Jolla, with one a competition design winner for Discovery Hall, Revelle College, 1971. He has been published in the La Jolla Light (1976), the San Diego Union (1971), the Advocate (1978), the Long Beach Tribune (1978), and is included in two books from American References Publishing: The California Art Review, 1990, and
American Artists: A Survey of Leading Contemporaries, both edited by Les Krantz.

Morgan has been profiled in Marquis Publisher's' Who's Who in the World,
Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the West. He has also been profiled in the Dictionary of International Biography, by International Biography Centre.

A letter to a rowing student

Morgan's complete art and writing history

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