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By Dint of Maple

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

“This is the modern attitude—reactions are based on intellect and preconceived ideas instead of a response to natural, immediate experience. Art is the last refuge. It need not
be rationalized.”
—Harlan Hubbard

There is often a direct relationship between a collage and Nature, especially when ingredient elements are drawn from the organic or botanical wonders that surround us. Certainly, there is no way to classify all the indirect relationships, whether they involve images of the natural world or structures that reflect the cosmic order. Frequently, the quality of found material itself conveys the very essence of natural impermanence and the cycles of creation and decomposition. In the final analysis, can there be anything more natural than a spontaneity of eye, hand, and the intuitive psyche?
 
By Dint of Maple by J A Dixon

By Dint of Maple
collage miniature by J A Dixon
collection of Wesley W Bates

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Surfacing

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

“O happy living things! no tongue
Their beauty might declare:
A spring of love gushed from my heart,
And I blessed them unaware . . . ”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge

More often than not, the genesis of an idea for a collage miniature derives from the ingredient material itself, whether magazine cutting, ruined-book plate, or environmental found fragment. At other times, random visual stimuli cry out to be interpreted more traditionally as representational compositions. I can be influenced in this vein by images of “primitive” objects or folk art. Less often, conventional nature photography will trigger the pictorial urge. Creatures, faces, and figures hold a particular appeal for me. These types of small works have frequently taken the form of cards or gifts, but my current intention is to make more of these spontaneous creations available in the future to collectors.
 

Surfacing by J A Dixon

Surfacing
collage miniature by J A Dixon
4.5 x 3.5 inches, not for sale

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Old friends . . .

Thursday, August 2nd, 2012

“The road to success is always under construction.”
—Lily Tomlin

Putting a few more finishing touches on this site before launch. I intend to showcase my collage with images from my private journals, from my long-running Haus of Cards series, and from my collection of works that are available for purchase. Quite soon I shall address the need to include some provisional feature for kind people who want to buy a piece upon which they stumble here.
 

Old Friend by J A Dixon

Sign Up For Another (detail)
collage miniature by J A Dixon
collection of S J Montgomery

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Whoahh, Terie!

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

“You are lost the moment you know what the result will be.”
—Juan Gris

Years ago, as an old-school graphic designer and illustrator, I found myself rapidly adapting to a more computer-oriented profession. As a response, I began creating more greeting cards by hand to preserve my manual dexterity. I’d been making cards since youth, but this provided a new opportunity to experiment with greater intuitive spontaneity, so I created over a thousand hand-crafted “miniatures” between 1999 and 2003. Most of these exercises took the form of birthday, anniversary, and holiday cards. The near-daily practice established a foundation and direction for my current work as a collage artist who focuses on the small format. I still produce as many as 100 cards a year, most of which rely on “found material,” as with the works I make available for purchase by collectors.
 

Whoahh, Terie! by J A Dixon

Whoahh, Terie!
collage miniature by J A Dixon
collection of T L Strock

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