When The Tiger Escaped From the Zoo 2024 18x14

Year2024

Hand SignedLower Right Corner 

Condition Excellent 

Not Framed 

Purchased fromArtist 2024 

Story / Additional InfoPart of a series of story paintings that have a backstory. This one involves a visit to the zoo where the artist felt a special compassion for the tigers and large animals confined in cages. She felt empathy for the tiger and released it in a work of art. She related it to a poem by Adrienne Rich titled “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” where the tiger symbolized the subjugation of women, particularly in an earlier era, but unfortunately, in some places still remains. The bright colors and images relate to the artist’s Hispanic background. The eye goddess symbol and the yellow cockatiel is particularly meaningful to the artist. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID169268

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.