SIERRA SHOVEL- oil on canvas, tractor on horizon. Construction
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Iconic Willard Dixon scene showcasing a shovel moving earth in the Sierras, in early morning light. The calm and breathtaking still life landscape depicts the Sierra mountains in the distance with blue sky. Dixon is one of the finest American contemporary realist painters who has painted western landscapes for 35 years. His work captures the undeniable beauty of the West with its grand and humble spirit. Dixon’s work can be found in numerous distinctive private and public collections, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Oakland Museum of California.
Signed front - oil on canvas - 30 x 48 inches. A wonderful contemporary work of original art by Willard Dixon. Comes framed in a minimal hardwood strip frame.
Born: Kansas City MO, 1942
Education: Art Students League, New York, NY
Cornell University
Brooklyn Museum School
San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969
Awards and Commissions
N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989
California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998
Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998
Teaching
1989-90: San Francisco State University
1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar
1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA
One Man Exhibitions
2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield
2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY
2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY.
2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY
2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA
1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery)
1994: Fischbach Gallery
1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery
1992: Fischbach Gallery
1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA
1990: Fischbach Gallery
1989: William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988: Gallery 454 North, Los Angeles, CA
1987: Fischbach Gallery
1987: Gallery 454 North
1986: William Sawyer Gallery
1985: Fischbach Gallery
1984: Harris Gallery, Houston, Tx
1984: William Sawyer Gallery
1983, 1982: Fischbach Gallery
1981: William Sawyer Gallery
1980,1979: Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1976, 1975: William Sawyer Gallery
1973, 1972: William Sawyer Gallery
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017: SHIFT / with Elizabeth Barlow, Kim Frohsin, Erin Parrish...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Art