Pruners 2022 30x30 - San Joaquin, California

Year2022

Hand SignedLower Right and on Verso 

Condition Excellent 

Not FramedGallery Wrapped Does Not Need Framing 

Purchased fromArtist 2022 

Story / Additional InfoThis painting was accepted in a juried art show,
Arts In Agriculture and won a second place award in Fresno,
California. The title is meant to highlight the importance of pruners in growing the crops of the San Joaquin valley, that feeds half the world. Pruning is a very specialized art and the artist wanted to show the importance of the farm workers who do this skilled work. The painting was first a watercolor to which oils were added in the final stages, creating a work with quite vibrant colors. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID164885

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.