About the Artist:
Dixie Clark

"Art is simply the expression of my Soul. It is my passion, my first love, my healing, and for the first time in many years, the primary focus of my life. It is not for me to judge the expression, but only to execute, to the best of my ability, the images that come. The medium is dictated by the images themselves, and I use whatever materials I need to best express what emerges. I work in two and three dimensionality, using paint, pastels, pencil, oil pastel, found object, clay, stone and wood.

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The process is primary to whatever is accomplished. I want to enjoy this self-expression more than concern myself with the outcome. The more I allow the process to flow, the more I learn about the medium and the expression through it. This letting go of the outcome is a result of the many years of being limited in art expression, but for the exception of the landscape sketches to remind me of the pleasure I received from the creative process. It became important for me not to judge this work, because the doing of it was so rare and precious to me. As I return to a more productive time with my art, I also recognize the value and similarity of my facilitation skill, which is also a process of allowing.

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The landscapes are still a focus for my art. The doing of them is a pleasurable process and they express, for me, my great love of nature. The landscapes bring me to a lighter side of myself that I enjoy.

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The sculptures represent a return to more clay work and a return to three dimensionality, which was the focus of my graduate studies. This work is more mysterious to me. I visualize and feel the image, but with little idea of how it will manifest. Clay is so alive, and the work itself takes on a life of its own. The result is always a surprise and a learning experience, one I look forward to continuing. " - Dixie Clark