by Dixie | Feb 7, 2011 | history
About 12 years ago I was invited to have an exhibit at Somewhere Else Coffee Shop in El Cajon. I needed quite a few more paintings for this show and so I framed one watercolor that I didn’t ever think would sell. It was one that I did down at the G Pier in San...
by Dixie | Dec 30, 2010 | history
No, that’s not my age! It’s the number of paintings I have produced this year. I’m probably 20 paintings behind since I had surgeries this year, but that’s okay. That way I don’t have too many frame jobs to do! My last painting of the...
by Dixie | Dec 13, 2010 | random stuff
It is so nice to have a lot of my paintings all on one wall at Summers Past Farm. This pic of the Christmas Tree, and my paintings behind it, my choice for a Christmas card this year. I have over a dozen paintings available for sale. I ‘m not doing much at all...
by Dixie | Dec 11, 2010 | history
At last! I’m a calendar girl! Â Well, not me, but one of my paintings has been published in the 2011 San Diego Hospice calendar. It just came in the mail and I’m so thrilled. It is a calendar of all the winning paintings from this year’s shows at...
by Dixie | Nov 1, 2010 | history
Over 10 years ago there was a Wells Fargo in Old Town, San Diego. It was so pretty that I just had to do a painting of it. It is no longer there, I guess they went out of business for that particular location and I don’t know what has moved into that space or...
by Dixie | Nov 1, 2010 | random stuff
I had back surgery July 7th and that is all healed up and okay, but it has left my right foot kind of numb and my knee hurting. I am going through a lot of medical tests and have been dealing with a lot of pain for the past three months and my studio has been...
by Dixie | Oct 2, 2010 | random stuff
Some artists have created what is called an ATC, meaning Artist Trading Card. It is to be about the size of a business card and traded at meetings or gatherings, etc. I created one that I just can’t find myself wanting to give up!!! This is what it looks like,...
by Dixie | Sep 16, 2010 | inspiration
Currently I have 8 watercolors at the San Diego Hospice until the 29th of October. Last Sunday was the reception and guests have a chance to vote on their 3 favorite paintings of all the 13 artists in this show. I got first place on Trio of Summers Past Farm, and tied...
by Dixie | Sep 16, 2010 | random stuff
Sometimes I see someone’s auto license frame that will say, “I’d rather be surfing” or something like that, well, if I had one on my auto it would say, “I’d Rather Be Sketching.” Whenever my family would get together, for...
by Dixie | Sep 11, 2010 | history
Flinn Springs is an area in eastern part of the county of San Diego, and because I paint at Summers Past Farm which is located in Flinn Springs, I was interviewed for an article that appeared in the Reader. The title for this particular article was “A Great...