A lifelong love of California and its light filled landscapes drive my work.  The plein air painters of California who have gone before are the inspiration.  Color and light feed my soul.

A three year long move to Australia provided the opportunity to study painting under Australian artist Peter Walker at Fremantle Art Center in Western Australia.  Workshops and classes with Jerrold Turner, Randall Sexton, and Jody Mattison, and painting with the wonderful “Da Group” of Benicia painters have led me to this point.

A graduate in Art History from the University of California, Berkeley, with graduate work in both art and sciences, Dixie worked for many years in textile arts, and as a teacher to young people.