Grandmothers in Heaven 2018 37x37

Year2018

Hand SignedLower Right and on Verso 

Condition Other - frame shows signs of age 

Framed without GlassLight Wood Frame 

Purchased fromArtist 2018 

Story / Additional InfoThis painting is paired with a poem by the artist. In the poem she imagines her maternal and paternal grandmothers meeting in heaven and the clashing of cultures that might ensue, one being Anglo and the other Hispanic. The colors are bright and lively, oranges, yellows and red dominating. In the lower left corner a sacred heart is wrapped in yarn from the knitting of the Anglo grandmother, that represents the love that grandmothers exhibit, even if they disagree on small things. The grandmothers are dressed in ways that their different cultures would dictate. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID163094

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.