The Collage Miniaturist

View my collage landscape galleries —

November 28th, 2025

Recent Landscapes
As I continue
“painting in papers”

LITTER-ally KENTUCKY
Also available as
giclée prints

A Change of Seen
When I took paper and paste outside

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For the upcoming season of nutmeg . . .

November 21st, 2025

Myristica
collage miniature by J A Dixon
5.125 x 6.875 inches
available to collectors

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November 9th, 2025

“The bay received a morning kiss
That came from azure heights;
The waves, rejoicing, rose and fell
In everchanging lights.”

— William Porter

If you have never visited Les Cheneaux in Upper Michigan, this unique formation along Lake Huron awaits your discovery. I shall never tire of interpreting its natural magic with my stash of papers.

Near Duck Bay
collage landscape by J A Dixon
9.875 x 6.625 inches
Les Cheneaux Series

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My two-month show begins at The Berry Center!

November 6th, 2025

“Any readers who like your poems, doubt their judgment.”
— Wendell Berry

It is such a privilege to be the featured visual artist at The Berry Center’s ARTS & LETTERS celebration this Saturday. My LITTER-ally KENTUCKY landscapes will be on display through year’s end at their Agrarian Culture Center in New Castle.

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Inspired by the Channels of Upper Lake Huron

October 30th, 2025

“Learn by little the desire for all things
which perhaps is not desire at all
but undying love which perhaps
is not love at all but gratitude
for the being of all things which
perhaps is not gratitude at all
but the maker’s joy in what is made,
the joy in which we come to rest.”
— Wendell Berry

Off La Salle
collage landscape by J A Dixon
9.75 x 7.875 inches
Les Cheneaux Series

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From my recent collage workshop . . .

October 28th, 2025

Collage is always about the ingredients. They will provide the stimulus, the catalyst, the “muse,” if you will, that leads to an unexpected next step. They can provide a clue to follow, the suggestion of continuity, and sometimes one piece of paper is the puzzle solution that you never saw coming. Respond to ingredients intuitively, and learn to recognize a spontaneity that isn’t driven by thoughts or feelings. What seems right for the context? It is a sense that an element does or does not “belong,” whether it is a harmonious similarity or an energetic contrast.

A Tolerable Complexity
collage experiment by J A Dixon
6.875 x 9 inches

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October 20th, 2025

Please attend my gallery talk about the LITTER-ally KENTUCKY landscape exhibition at Art Center of the Bluegrass,
10/21, Tuesday evening, 6–7pm.

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Gratitude is always in order.

October 19th, 2025

An image from a dozen years ago reminds me of how many small experiments I made to retain dexterity, to improve skill at paper manipulation, and to reinforce my confidence that intuition is worthy of trust. Over a thousand miniatures, probably more. It was necessary to counteract “The Runaway Machine,” and the practice revealed a path to my current focus as a collage artist. Talent has its limitations and is often over-rated, but creative development can be ongoing and boundless. I am grateful that it works this way.