by Dixie | Apr 13, 2010 | history
There is a horse ranch along Hwy 94 and you can see San Miguel Mountain in the San Diego area. I was always intrigued by this view and finally got a photo of it. Years later I decided to do an oil painting of the ranch and mountain, but by then the highway was being...
by Dixie | Apr 6, 2010 | random stuff
I have 19 paintings at the Rancho San Diego library in El Cajon for the month of April (2010) as I am the featured artist again. If you didn’t get to see my collages at the Porter Hall in La Mesa, well, here’s your chance to view them at this library....
by Dixie | Apr 4, 2010 | inspiration
It’s Easter morning and I’m thinking of a watercolor that I was commissioned to do for the poetry book my friend had published. Wings of the Wind, by Diana Taylor. She is so talented with words and I am very amazed at the way she can put together such...
by Dixie | Mar 21, 2010 | history
I can remember when I was young and living in that big house upon the hill in Pomona, CA. My pastor’s wife, Naomi Hill had recommended a book to me. It was called ‘Neath Texas Stars, a romance type of book, of which I am not a fan of such books, but this...
by Dixie | Mar 17, 2010 | history
I had just taken my daughter to her class at San Diego State and then went to the mall in Mission Valley, but May Co. wasn’t open yet. I noticed a little old lady waiting on the bench by the store and when I took a closer look at her while I was waiting in my...