Incredibly gifted singer, songwriter and artist Daniel Johnston (Sacramento, 1961) has been known primarily for his music, has produced over twenty album, as many singles, and his music is included on numerable compilations, movie sound tracks, and television commercials. He has appeared on MTV, traveled the world performing his music, had his art exhibited around the world including the Whitney Biennial of Contemporary Art in 2006, had several documentaries made about him – one a major motion picture called The Devil and Daniel Johnston – and there are several books available on his life.

In his drawings and paintings, Johnston explores themes of the Everyman, unrequited love, the prevalence of evil in the world, redemption, Christianity, comics and myth. His cast of recurring characters includes Joe the Boxer/Everyman, a many-eyed demon, cat-people, Captain America, the Devil, a frog named Jeremiah the Innocent, and his muse "Laurie."