Vicki has won many awards with her quilts. A first place at the American Quilter’s Society quilt show in 1995 and 1988, a second place in 1994 and several honorable mentions. Best Interpretation of Theme in 1994 and Best Pictorial in 2001, at the Pacific International Quilt Festival. Best Innovative in 1991, first place Art in 1993, and third place Pictorial 2001 at the International Quilt Festival.

The painted quilts of Vicki L. Johnson have been seen in international exhibitions and collections, private and corporate. They are owned by; the Oregon Coast Aquarium, the Museum of the American Quilter's Society, Valley Oak Dental Group, Fairfield Processing Corp., Mountain Bell and private collections in the United States, Canada, England, Sweden and Switzerland.
 

Artistic Statement 

My primary intent is to create something of beauty. Using the California coastal area as  inspiration, my quilts reflect a love of nature. In combining painting with fabric techniques, I am working toward a rich surface. The texture of the commercial fabrics enhances the colors and painterly textures of the painting. Adding quilting gives the work a relief structure with line work like drawing over the color. The play of the quilting lines against both the piecing and painting adds an exciting visual element and suggests other layers of meaning. If the viewer looks deeper than the surface richness, the elements used can be interpreted with symbology from several cultures giving a reverence to nature.