Angel Doll with Spanish Tile 2017 21x17

Year2017

Hand SignedLower Right and on Verso 

Condition Other - some aging to frame 

Framed without GlassGold Frame w/ Cream Mat 

Purchased fromArtist 2017 

Story / Additional InfoThe Spanish angel doll represents the artist's Hispanic culture, also enhanced by details such as the tile base and the green carved valance. The ocean can be found in many of the artist's works and is seen peeking through an arched doorway. The angel has strangely human like features reminiscent of carved religious figurines. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

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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.