Pam Dixon
Pam Dixon is defiantly influenced by the Funk Art movement of the 1960's and 70's, having known, worked with and befriended most of the artists of that time. The work in this exhibit is humorous, expressive and large-scale with deep symbolic and personal narratives woven within each piece.
Pam Dixon’s playful paintings and mixed media works are created from a process of painting with her hands and building texture in her paintings with mixed media. She had been working on paper sculptures when Tony Natsoulas invited her to work in clay in his Meckel Way studio in the summer of 2013 and they’ve been working side by side ever since. Pam’s work is now fueled by the sumptuous tactile process of clay and reminiscences of the joys of making and baking. True to her roots of whimsy and ridiculousness, clay is a natural extension of her work. A process and result she describes… “like candy!”
Pam Dixon began her career in free-lance commercial and industrial art, later becoming a serious exhibiting artist in the 80’s. She is the founder of Gallery 621, a renowned cooperative gallery in Benicia and founder of the Benicia Museum of Art. Among many notable exhibitions are two retrospectives at the Richmond Art Center and San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.
Pam Dixon’s playful paintings and mixed media works are created from a process of painting with her hands and building texture in her paintings with mixed media. She had been working on paper sculptures when Tony Natsoulas invited her to work in clay in his Meckel Way studio in the summer of 2013 and they’ve been working side by side ever since. Pam’s work is now fueled by the sumptuous tactile process of clay and reminiscences of the joys of making and baking. True to her roots of whimsy and ridiculousness, clay is a natural extension of her work. A process and result she describes… “like candy!”
Pam Dixon began her career in free-lance commercial and industrial art, later becoming a serious exhibiting artist in the 80’s. She is the founder of Gallery 621, a renowned cooperative gallery in Benicia and founder of the Benicia Museum of Art. Among many notable exhibitions are two retrospectives at the Richmond Art Center and San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.
