Tiny Tears with the Moon Goddess 2018 29x25

Year2018

Hand SignedLower Right and on Verso 

Condition Excellent 

Not FramedCanvas on Stretcher Bars 

Purchased fromArtist 2018 

Story / Additional InfoThe artist had a Tiny Tears doll growing up and included it in this painting as a sort of talisman for an altar, which the painting itself becomes. The objects are arranged like an altar, with a candle, a Mayan sculpture, cactus, picture of the Moon goddess and an animal horn peeking out from under the dresser scarf. There is a family picture on the wall and an antique bureau adorned with an old carving. The artist wants to create a nostalgic, memory laden art piece that has some elements from her background (half Anglo and half Hispanic). As in other work, the artist pays homage to Matisse, with a cloth inspired by his patterned fabrics. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

Additional InformationA Future Family Heirloom 

LID163096

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.