Purple Woman with Blue Cat 2023 22x18

Year2023

Hand SignedLower Right and on Verso 

Condition Excellent 

Not Framed 

Purchased fromArtist 2023 

Story / Additional InfoThe woman in the painting is holding her cat in a self reflective mood. She is ready to eat the watermelon and mango but she is distracted by a memory of a time when she lived in Mexico with her lover on a boat in Ajijic by Lake Chapala. The cheetah mask and the blue alibrije horse are reminders of her past but she is ready to move on to a new adventure and she has redecorated with colorful drapes and embraces her past in Mexico as a magical time. She is ready to come our from the shadow of the cactus and celebrate a new life. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID165128

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.