Accepting Your Body 2021 24x30

Year2021

Hand SignedLower Right 

Condition Excellent 

Not FramedGallery Wrapped Does Not Need Framing 

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Story / Additional InfoThe artist worked from nude sketches done in a figure drawing group where models of many different sizes and ages were used. This particular model was a robust figured lady and the work emphases her derriere which was a prominent feature, with the idea of accepting one's body, even if it's not perfect. She placed the figure in a setting that is reminiscent of one that Matisse might paint, an artist she is very much influenced by. The still life in the foreground is also an homage to Matisse, with the ever present cactus, a recurring object in the artist's work. The vivid cobalt adds to the statement of boldness, with contrasting yellows. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

Additional InformationHomage to Matisse 

LID164188

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.