Fantasy Landscape #6 - 40x30

Year2020

Hand SignedLower Right 

Condition Excellent 

Not FramedCanvas on Stretcher Bars 

Purchased fromArtist 2020 

Story / Additional InfoThis landscape painting is part of a series titled Fantasy Landscapes. Some were painted during Covid when the artist was turning inward for subject matter, but appropriating images from real life. The shapes of the trees and natural elements are stylized and painted in colors not always found in nature. There is a vertical thrust to some of the lines representing growth balanced by curvilinear shapes with layers underneath that seem to hint at layers of reality. Patterned fabrics appear at the bottom and the top but the overall sense is one of layered textures of perhaps a tapestry. The collage below also creates textures. The winding road is found in other landscapes by the artist and shows the influence of David Hockney's tilted landscapes. A hidden face shows through on the lower left, another trope of this artist. There is a tropical feel, but it could be a northern California landscape with the tall redwoods. The artist likes to take liberties with her fantasy landscapes. 

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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.