Angel of Childhood 2017 25x19

Year2017

Hand SignedLower Right 

Condition Other - frame shows minor signs of age 

Framed without GlassDark Gold Frame 

Purchased fromArtist 2017 

Story / Additional InfoThis painting has biographical details. The artist grew up in Illinois and would take her sled out in the winter to slide down the nearby hills. She has pleasant memories of these times and wanted to capture them in the painting. She placed the child in the snow as a reflection in the mirror as a way of accessing the past. The animal mask on the wall represents present time and also a symbol of her Hispanic heritage on her father’s side. The angel on the mantle is a conduit between the past and the present. This is also an example of interior/exterior space the artist has worked with before and was influenced by post impressionists such as Matisse and Bonnard.
 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID165157

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.