Archive for the ‘Holidays’ Category
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Monday, December 25th, 2023Happy New Year!
Saturday, December 31st, 2022
Sparkle Someone Else
collage miniature by J A Dixon
7 x 8.25 inches
a salute to the 75th birthday of Burton Cummings
and He was born for thee . . .
Sunday, December 25th, 2022Beyond the trappings of any birthday,
each of us was born to serve a purpose.
Makin’ Christmas collage again!
Friday, December 23rd, 2022 
A new display rack for the Holiday Market . . .
Thursday, November 24th, 2022
The “Holiday Market” at Art Center of the Bluegrass is in full swing! Fourteen of my collage miniatures are available and priced for gift giving. I enjoyed designing and making a new rack to display collage art from a few pieces of fine walnut that were kicking around in our box of scrap wood (for what seems like forever).
Happy Thanksgiving to everybody!
Friday, December 24th, 2021
Holiday therapy, aesthetic exercise, creative ritual, intuitive workout, craft drill, thematic meditation — call it whatever we want. It’s that season to make and send tree miniatures to those we treasure.
Have a Merry-Merry, everybody!
Four Tree Miniatures for Christmas
collage greeting cards by J A Dixon
Happy Turkey Day!
Thursday, November 25th, 2021The national symbol of the eagle is so iconic I often forget that Benjamin Franklin was opposed to its adoption and favored the turkey. (Some things need no further elaboration.)
If You Turkeys Can Keep It
collage catharsis by J A Dixon
8 x 10 inches
available for purchase
The surreal meaning of Christmas
Friday, December 25th, 2020
Natal Homage
collage greeting by J A Dixon
private collection
a ‘Mother’s Day / Collage Day’ weekend
Sunday, May 10th, 2020
“And if my own children
should come to a day,
When a new Mother comes
and the old goes away,
I’d ask of them nothing
that I didn’t do.
Love both of your Mothers
as both have loved you.”
— Joann Snow Duncanson
Happy Happy to all the mothers on their day of honor!
The two 10x10s I posted yesterday on Instagram are my salute to World Collage Day, an international event contrived to celebrate and boost participation in the medium. The ingredients were generously sent to me by members of the Arizona Collage Collective. Using elements not personally selected was a rewarding exercise — an opportunity to better understand the distinction between my process of spontaneous composition and choosing qualities in the subject matter itself. For those who enjoy seeing my newest work, follow “thecollageminiaturist” at Instagram, too.
When You’re Going through Hell
collage on structured panel by J A Dixon
10 x 10 x 1.5 inches, unframed
available for purchase
When the Going Gets Tough
collage on structured panel by J A Dixon
10 x 10 x 1.5 inches, unframed
available for purchase
To 2020 and beyond!
Tuesday, December 31st, 2019
detail from Autumn Ode (to Merz)
collage artwork by J A Dixon
A Most Joyous Day to All . . .
Wednesday, December 25th, 2019
Six Sacred Slices
collage composite by J A Dixon
details from private collections