Zoe's Cat 2023 24x20

Year2023

Hand SignedLower Right 

Condition Excellent 

Not FramedCanvas on Stretcher Bars 

Purchased fromArtist 2023 

Story / Additional InfoThe artist has done a series of portraits of her grandchildren and this one is the second one for Zoe, who is an animal lover, particularly cats. She is depicted here with her cat, Minna. The artist painted Zoe from memory mostly and it is not meant to be an exact replication, rather to capture the pensive mood of her teenage years when the cat helped her through a time of turmoil and struggle, captured also in the deep cobalt blues, purples and greens. The influence of Matisse can be seen here. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID163487

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.