Galleries
- Jamie Blackburn
- Betty Foy Botts
- Emily Brown
- Brown Cannon III
- Susan Colwell
- J.K. Crum
- John Duckworth
- Philip Durst
- Erin McPherson
- Eva Magill-Oliver
- Elizabeth Foster
- Chris Fulp
- Josh Brown
- Karen Keene Day
- Kim Keats
- Alicia Leeke
- Debbie Martin
- Hirona Matsuda
- Timothy Pakron
- Steve Palmer
- Tom Potocki
- Dixie Purvis
- Celia Rochford
- Mike Ryon
- Lisa Shimko
- Ed Shmunes
- Sebastian Smith
- Stephen St. Claire
- Jim Victor
- Marissa Vogl
- Stephen Elliott Webb
- Trever Webster
Dixie Purvis | bio [+]
These drawn paintings and painted drawings are a relational, emotional interpretation of personal history. Incorporating painting and drawing in each piece creates a push pull tension. The work is personal but not exclusive.
Shapes move in from the edges or out from the center but the line and shape always break the margins creating a sense of a larger experience. Overlapping shapes, shapes that push against each other, and shapes that merge and emerge remind the viewer of the complexity and influence of personal relationships.
The colors set the mood. The emotional content of the painting is expressed with color.
Drawn, scraped, scratched and painted, the line leads the viewer. The line may be subtle, embedded or hidden, reflecting a distant memory. The line is more often active, bold and physical. The line…. fractured, intersecting, and spontaneous echoes time, movement and the accidental nature of the human experience. The paintings invite the viewer to be lead by the force of the line as it moves through each piece acknowledging that much of our own history is defined by relationships and formed by events and experiences beyond our control.
Deferred Dreams
mixed media on panel 60 x 60
SOLD
Changing Light
mixed media on panel 48 x 48
$4900
Unwrapped
mixed media on panel 48 x 48
$4900
Auguterra
mixed media on panel 40 x 40
$4200
Musical Leaves
mixed media on panel 48 x 48
$4900
Uninhibited
mixed media on panel 60 x 60
$6400
After The Fact
mixed media on panel 38 x 38
$3900
Boundaries
mixed media on panel 48 x 48
$4900
Coming Up For Air
mixed media on panel 60 x 60
$6400
Lost In My Own Mind
mixed media on panel 60 x 60
$6400
Reflections
mixed media on panel 60 x 60
SOLD
Holding Fast to Hope
mixed media on panel 60 x 60
$6400
April 27th
mixed media on panel 60 x 60
$6400
Begin Again
mixed media on panel 48 x 60
$5400
Mass Attraction
mixed media on panel – diptych 40 x 40 each
$4000/$8000
Leaving For Some Other Place
mixed media on panel 50 x 50
$5100
Enigma
mixed media on panel 48 x 48
$4900
Coming and Going
mixed media on panel 48 x 48
$4900
Verdant
mixed media on panel 60 x 60
$6400
Acquired Tastes
mixed media on panel 48 x 48
$4900
A History of Time
mixed media on panel 60 x 60
$6400
Leo II
mixed media on panel 48 x 60
$5400
Resting
mixed media on panel 48 x 48
$4900
In & Out
mixed media on panel 48 x 48
$4900
Ledges
mixed media on panel – diptych 48 x 38/76
$4700 / $9400
Changed
mixed media on panel 36 x 36
$3800
Stairways & Windows
mixed media on panel – diptych 36 x 36 / 72
$4000 / $8000
Bedazzled
mixed media on panel 24 x 24
$2100
