Abundance: Fertility Goddess 2023 30x24

Year2023

Hand SignedLower Right 

Condition Excellent 

Not FramedCanvas on Stretcher Bars 

Purchased fromArtist 2023 

Story / Additional InfoA very new painting with some of the artist's signature features such as the red headed female figure posed partly clothed, the filmy drape on the side, tulips in the arched window. The work pays homage to Matisse and also the artist's bi-cultural heritage (Anglo and Hispanic). The fertility goddess sculpture on the right is Mayan. The owl is associated with Spanish mythology and the watermelon, bowl of mangoes, peaches and the parrots reminiscent of Freida Kahlo and other examples of Hispanic art.The artist is also paying homage to the abundance of fruits and vegetables growing in the central valley where she lives. The tulips in the window have personal meaning for the artist. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID163490

Dixie Salazar - United States

Art Brokerage: Dixie Salazar Hispanic - American Artist: Dixie Salazar is a Central Valley, California artist who has been working in a number of mediums, including oils, watercolors, collage, assemblage, and hand-colored photography for the past forty years or more. Her work has been shown extensively in the Central Valley, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York and Merced, at the Merced Multi-cultural Art Museum in 2005. This was a one person show of oils and painted collage, exploring her dual (Hispanic and Anglo) heritage. Other one person shows occurred in 2006 at Arte Americas in Fresno and Educational Employees Credit Union in Sacramento. A large body of figurative work was also shown at the Patterson Building in Fresno in 2006 in a show titled "Escaping Gravity". In 2013 Dixie had a one person show at Arte Americas in Fresno, INTERCONNECTIONS, painted collages that explored Mayan symbols and history relating them to contemporary issues. In the past five years, Dixie has entered a number of shows in California, Oregon and on the East Coast, winning a number of first place awards and several Best of Shows. Her latest show was a one person show at the Pacific Grove Monterrey Peninsula College Art Museum. Dixie Salazar is also a poet with three books of poetry published and a novel, LIMBO, published in 1995. Listings wanted.