Henry Pernell Johnson was born and raised in Cordele, Georgia, 1967. His goal is to nurture and cultivate the unique qualities of each person through his art work. As a professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design, he says teaching keeps the roots of his artistic skills watered. His life was shaped by his mother and father, Diane Flood and Henry Johnson. It is the up bringing which inspires his remarkable work. Although Pernell has termed himself "ordinary," his ability to make the ordinary special through his art is extraordinary.