by Dixie | May 9, 2012 | random stuff
 I like to tell short stories about what happens to me as an artist. About 5 years ago there was a new store near my home that sold jewelry at a discount and also some second-hand things. This little store had just relocated to a new place and had vacant walls. I was...
by Dixie | Apr 20, 2012 | random stuff
I find it rather odd that I have a friend whom I sometimes walk with who said that her former room-mate was Valerie Jungck. I was in a class with Valerie one day and she was going to throw her fish painting in the trash and I said I wanted it and it now hangs in my...
by Dixie | Apr 18, 2012 | random stuff
Just last week I did this painting of the old bike in from of the Soap Shop at Summers Past Farm and then today I go to paint and visit there and find the basket is gone off of the bike. I will miss it because the owner always had something planted and growing in it,...
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...
by Dixie | Apr 6, 2012 | random stuff
How nice of Jerry Wilson (an art collector) to show up at my show at The Coffee Grounds! He is observing the magazine that my collages were featured in, The Apprentice. My show at this coffee place was to be taken down on March 30th, and the owner decided to keep it...