RAE-JOHNSON-Obituary

RAE JOHNSON

Toronto, Ontario

1953 - 2020

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Toronto, Ontario

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JOHNSON, RAE March 28, 1953 - May 18, 2020 "I wanted to bring the sublime into people's experience." Artist, scholar, activist, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Art at Ontario College of Art and Design, Rae was known for her vibrant landscape paintings and "brutally honest and sometimes...

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My heartfelt condolences to family, friends and appreciators of Rae, she was special and it saddens my heart to learn this news. Hi, Roslyn and June. I babysat you two in Firenze, Italy when you were teeny. It was a short time but my time with you is clearly with me and I hold those memories dear. All these years later I looked up your Mom to reach out, realizing none of you would remember me if this reaches you, I would love to hear from you and I am sending my love and smiles of...

. I met Rae in Art Class at an Ottawa High School! We sat together and Rae was a lot of fun to have a class with! I haven't seen Rae since then but I've thought of her, and will continue to do so. God Bless Rae! Mike Dobbin

Its hard to imagine that Rae is gone.
She was a dear friend with a big heart.
Rae was courageous in all her endeavours in life.
She was a visionary a seer of all things deep a supernatural.
A living Goddess and a dedicated Mother which was her greatest achievement, she loved her children more than anything.
She was a great teacher and loved encouraging others and preserving culture and community.
Her work lives on in her paintings for eternity as does her...

Group of 10 Memorial Trees