- The Loner, ca. 1930
Watercolor on paper
35 x 27 1/2 inches
Artist Quotes:
“Painting is my testimony in regard to life, and therefore I cannot lie in paint.” “Inspiration in Tradition”, Louise Nickelson, March 1, 2003
“Painting as I see it, must be human rather than arty.” Artes Magazine, Todd Wilinson, September 21, 2012
“Painting is a means to an end. It is my way of saying what I want you to comprehend.” Journal from the Brigham Young University, Wesley M. Burnside, 1975
Additional Links:
Biography and Examples of Dixon’s Work
Article “Modern Art Collectors Look at Western Painter, Maynard Dixon (1875-1946)”, Todd Wilkinson, 2010. Explaining how and why Dixon’s work has resurrected in modern day
California Landscape into Abstraction Research 