Renowned artist Ricardo Cavolo and Scott McClanahan combine talents in a dazzling, eye-popping biography of musician and artist Daniel Johnston.

Daniel Johnston is an indie rock star whose songs are covered by musicians such as Beck & Yo La Tengo. In 1985, hailed as a bright light in the Austin music scene, he had the first of several mental breakdowns. Daniel's artwork is in many ways a counterpart to his music - charming, sometimes disturbing, inconsistent & fascinating.

Daniel Johnston is widely recognised as one of the pioneers of alternative indie music. His problems with mental illness are well known, and visual art has provided an alternative outlet in the periods when he was physically incapable of making music.

DANIEL JOHNSTON, raised on a farm in Randolph County, returned from Thailand with a new way to make monumental pots. Back home in North Carolina, he built a log shop and a whale of a kiln for wood-firing. Then he set out to create beautiful pots, grand in scale, graceful in form, and burned bright in a blend of ash and salt. With mastery achieved and apprentices to teach, Daniel Johnston turned his brain to massive installations. First, he made a hundred large jars and lined them along the rough road that runs past his shop and kiln. Next, he arranged curving clusters of big pots inside pine frames, slatted like corn cribs, to separate them from the slick interiors of four fine galleries in succession. Then, in concluding the second phase of his professional career, Daniel Johnston built an open-air installation on the grounds around the North Carolina Museum of Art, where 178 handmade, wood-fired columns march across a slope in a straight line, 350 feet in length, that dips and lifts with the heave while the tops of the pots maintain a level horizon. In 2000, when he was still Mark Hewitt's apprentice, Daniel Johnston met Henry Glassie, who has done fieldwork on ceramic traditions in the United States, Brazil, Italy, Turkey, Bangladesh, China, and Japan. Over the years, during a steady stream of intimate interviews, Glassie gathered the understanding that enabled him to compose this portrait of Daniel Johnston, a young artist who makes great pots in the eastern Piedmont of North Carolina.

Affable alternative rock hero Daniel Johnston is a celebrated sensation, an intensely respected musician and artist of the last 15 years. Presented here is a definitive collection of his lyrics, stories, paintings and drawings, with critical analysis and interpretation from more well known rockers whose devotion has brought him above ground.

Embark on a fascinating artistic journey with artist and songwriter Daniel Johnston and his sister Marjory, as they share this first volume of Songs To Look At, a mixed media project inspired by a thrift store find. The corresponding work features photo snippets that are morphed by Daniel's distinct artistic style, as he incorporates images with his wild characters, bright colors and word balloons. Each piece is then punctuated by lyrics selected from his expansive and brilliant catalog. The result is a stirring combination of Daniel's visual art and lyrical genius. A testimony to the love shared between brother and sister, Songs to Look At provides insight into the thinking and creative process of Daniel Johnston through the final years of his life, while offering a glimpse into the joy he and Marjory experienced creating this insightful and illuminating work. The result provides hours of reflection for both fans, and those not yet familiar.