by Dixie | Jan 13, 2010 | random stuff
One of my favorite methods that I learned in art school was this particular way of putting down lots of oil paint from a limited palette, using jabbing like strokes, let it dry and then find something in that paint that looks like something, and paint it out. Kind...
by Dixie | Jan 8, 2010 | inspiration
When all I had was my kitchen corner to paint in I could also cook dinner while I worked on a large 30 x 36 inch canvas on my easel! I young then and had a lot of energy and was eager to get this particular painting done to put in an up-coming show. It was the show...
by Dixie | Jan 8, 2010 | random stuff
I don’t remember where I took this photo of an old weathered church with a grave yard in the back area, but I just knew that one of my methods of using oil paints would do great for the effect that I wanted. It is an oil painting, using what my mentor called the...
by Dixie | Jan 8, 2010 | history
In the early 1970’s we were new in town, (Morgan City. LA), in a new place, and the kids were in school and I was eager to get some painting done. All I had was the corner of my small kitchen with a window of southern light. In this photo, taken by the local...
by Dixie | Dec 31, 2009 | history
My most valuable lessons where by Henry Hensche who came to the south to teach at the art school I was attending. Here I am with Henry critiquing my work. I was taught how to see the color of light, and you would think it was easy by just painting simple colored...