{"id":21139,"date":"2026-06-29T12:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=21139"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:41:08","slug":"east-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/21139","title":{"rendered":"The East Village Seen . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAlthough I have tiny, weak wrists and painful thumb joints, the great blessing of my life has been my able hands, ever responsive to what in contrast has always seemed to be a limited and resistant creative vision, more prone to disappoint than my loyal dexterity.\u201d
\n\u2014 journal, 1\/12\/25<\/em>
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It is fortunate indeed that one of the most extraordinary heritage sites in the Midwest happens to be located nearby \u2014 Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill<\/em><\/a>. One would think that an artist fond of working outside might make art there often. I have not. The probable reason is that I did not consider my evolving skills up to the task \u2014 until recently. Or perhaps I should say that it was never about a facility with paper at all, but more to do with an apparent reluctance to interpreting landmark-worthy scenes.<\/p>\n

I am getting past that stumbling block, thank goodness. <\/p>\n

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I began with the sheep enclosure<\/em><\/a>. During my first visit<\/em><\/a>, I sketched a workshop and dwelling<\/em><\/a> on the east side of the settlement, too. When I returned to that same spot, I focused on completing the drystone-lined pen, but kept pasting paper on the other architectural composition now featured here. Documenting my time in its studio follow-up was not precise, so I describe East Village<\/a><\/strong><\/em> as a plein-air piece with hesitation, although it has the spirit of one for sure. My goal was to capture the dignity of the setting with a rustic effect. As part of the finished look, I preserved rough edges of a scrounged substrate. Your opinion would be of interest to me! <\/p>\n

 
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East Village<\/em><\/strong>
\ncollage en plein air by J A Dixon
\nfound paper, gel transfers, tissue, tea bags
\non vintage notebook cover, 12.5 x 6 inches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAlthough I have tiny, weak wrists and painful thumb joints, the great blessing of my life has been my able hands, ever responsive to what in contrast has always seemed to be a limited and resistant creative vision, more prone to disappoint than my loyal dexterity.\u201d \u2014 journal, 1\/12\/25   It is fortunate indeed that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,1,157,216,249],"tags":[322,90,308,316,317,557,313,418,318,639],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21139"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21189,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21139\/revisions\/21189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}