Hillcrest Farmers Market San Diego

by Dixie | Oct 15, 2013 | inspiration, random stuff

The Hillcrest farmers’ market moved in closer to our church and so we had to change our service time to 9:30 a.m. because there is some parking available at this hour. So, on Sunday mornings I do art exhibits out in front of the church along with our coffee...

Donna Zagotta’s Watercolor Paints

by Dixie | Apr 14, 2012 | inspiration

Looking at this new set of opaque watercolors gets my inspiration juices flowing! What yummy colors! When I was browsing through an art magazine I found this painting by Donna Zagotta and it made me wonder how she came about doing what she does with paint. I found a...

I-125 at Mission Gorge Rd.

by Dixie | Mar 17, 2012 | inspiration

That sounds kind of painterly! Today is a cold, windy and rainy day and I’m reminded of this little painting that I did many Februaries ago. I was coming home, off of the freeway and there before me was this scene that I took some mental notes of and as soon as...

Hearts Afloat

by Dixie | Feb 16, 2012 | inspiration

I saw a painting I liked, it was at a doctor’s office, and while I was in the waiting room I scribbled down some notes of how it was formatted . I didn’t get around to trying to do a painting like it for a couple of years,and the notes I took didn’t...

Grumbacher Watercolor Palette

by Dixie | Dec 10, 2011 | history, inspiration

When I painted the house upon the hill in 1958, I know that it was because my high school art teacher gave me a set like this  Grumbacher watercolor palette. Of course back then the palette was made out of tin instead of plastic. I loved the colors silver and gold in...

Somerset Studio Apprentice article

by Dixie | Nov 15, 2011 | inspiration

I am so excited I feel like doing a big stretch like this one of my neice, Kaili! I will soon be publish in a Somerset Studio magazine this coming Spring and today I finished the two articles that I was asked to write about my coffee collages to be used in the...