Archive for the ‘March Exercise’ Category
Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
“The holistic quality of craft lies not only in engaging the whole person but also in harmonizing his understanding of himself in the world.”
— Peter Korn
“Well I guess my advice would be: be patient. If you follow your gut and not the advertisements on the side of the bus, everything will turn out as nature intended.”
— Nick Offerman
Plenty of time on the east end of Shaker Village (during past outings) paid off in the studio recently. I decided to complete this one during the final week of my March Exertion. I intend to leave the rough, unfinished edges on this piece. When I was “painting in papers” on location, I could hear the sheep, but they never showed up in my view of their enclosure. Actually, I can still hear them (haha).
As the whole world is forced to swallow “large language models” that have run amok (which nobody really asked for), it is satisfying and gratitude inducing to make something authentic with my own hands at the historic setting of a culture revered for its artisanship.
At Pleasant Hill
collage en plein air by J A Dixon
found paper, gel transfers, tissue, tea bags
on vintage notebook cover, 12.5 x 6 inches
finished during my March Exertion, day 28
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Friday, March 27th, 2026
The Joining
imaginary collage by J A Dixon
found papers, gel transfers, tissue, tea bags
on canvas, 8 x 10 inches
finished for my March Exertion / day 24
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Monday, March 23rd, 2026
My first rule of collage: There are no rules in collage.
Except for those imposed on oneself, such as my 2026 March Exertion, with 30 collage artworks created in 30 days. Below are six of them.
Click on each square preview to see the full image.
Follow my daily effort at Instagram.
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Monday, March 16th, 2026
Restful Waters
imaginary collage by J A Dixon
found paper, gel transfers, tea bags
on pasteboard, 6.5 x 7.75 inches
March Exertion / 30-in-30, day 14
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Friday, March 6th, 2026
Adagio for Maud
collage on book cover by J A Dixon
scrounged paper, photograph, litter, tea bags
8.375 x 11.25 inches
March Exertion / 30-in-30, day 6
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Sunday, March 1st, 2026
The annual pre-spring studio intensification is upon me, including 30 new collage artworks over the next 30 days. Follow daily progress at my Instagram profile.
The Earth is Full
imaginary landscape by J A Dixon
paper, tissue, gel transfer, tea bags
(workshop demo) 5.875 x 8 inches
March Exertion / 30-in-30, day 1
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Saturday, April 27th, 2024
The recent Baker’s Half Dozen Collage Exchange sparked a new series of miniatures that quickly took on a warfare theme. Now to see which one the Museum retains for its permanent collection.
My eleven-part Warfare Series originated with no conscious intent nor anticipated interpretation and potentially serves as a kind of “collage rorschach.” Images that personify both the greatest evil and the highest good have always found inclusion in my collage artwork from time to time. This kind of art is very different than my representational collage, although both are based on re-using and manipulating found paper that has little, if any, intrinsic value. Juxtaposing the detritus of our culture within this practice offers creative choices about what to use and what to ignore. I continue to be interested in the complex relationship between spontaneity, intuitive judgment, and subjective awareness.
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
This is the 
final piece in my month-long collage-per-day ritual. I’ll bet I’m not the only one whose mom used to say, “Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.” The admonishment stays sharply influential. I feel that way in the studio at times, with a peculiar stash ready for decades of dining. But if one wants to keep on devouring, it might be important to watch “the size of the portions,” too. This plate was a ten-inch square dimensional collage on structured panel. And it would be unforgivable to neglect citing the hilarious scene from Philomena as another distinct motherly reference.
March is over. April is served. Bon appétit.
Size of the Portions
collage artwork by J A Dixon
10 x 10 x 1.5 inches
for the 2021 March Ex(plosion)
available for purchase
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