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\u201cPerpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.\u201d
\n\u2014 Robert Louis Stevenson
\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS<\/strong>,<\/em> the virtual exhibition organized by Kate Savage at Arts Connect<\/a>, had its online event with artist commentary yesterday. <\/a>As I prepared some remarks about my included artwork, I looked back to see what I\u2019d written about it after its completion in 2019.<\/p>\n

Nothing \u2014 that\u2019s what I found.<\/p>\n

With an emphasis on documenting my journey into making collage en plein air,<\/em><\/a> I\u2019ve apparently neglected to say as much about a corresponding investigation of studio-based landscape. Being a self-taught illustrator and fine artist, working from photographs has been a central part of the creative process \u2014 at least since my days as a \u201cgopher\u201d student in the 1970s, when I assisted veteran commercial artists compile reference scrap for tight-deadline assignments. In recent years, my work on location is informing how I do a collage painting indoors from a photo.<\/p>\n

Quarry<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is a fitting example, created from a wonderful image by Jeff Hiles, an Ohio photographer who generously gave a green light to interpret his work in another medium. My piece also dovetails nicely with the theme of the show. More importantly, it demonstrates how I\u2019m gradually learning to bring into the studio the sense of immediacy and intuitive spontaneity that I experience when working directly from a natural scene.<\/p>\n

 
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Quarry<\/em><\/strong>
\ncollage landscape by J A Dixon
\n25 x 18.5 inches
\non panel, framed\n<\/p>\n

\u2022  S O L D<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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