Not a Level Playing Field 2017 25x23 - San Joaquin Valley, Central California

Year2017

Hand SignedLower Right Corner 

Condition Other - Frame shows minor signs of wear 

Framed without GlassYellow Wood Frame 

Purchased fromArtist 2017 

Story / Additional InfoThe artist entered this work, was accepted in and took a second place in a juried show titled Arts in Agriculture in Fresno, Ca. The painting shows a young girl holding up a melon that she has just picked. A young boy is next to her with a basket of tomatoes he has just picked. The idea of this work is to show the plight of young Latino children who sacrifice their childhood to work in the fields to help their families survive. The girl's face appears older than her age and the boy wears a football jersey. The artist uses the title as a play on words to underscore the dilemma facing farmworkers and the unfairness of children being robbed of their childhood. 

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.