Biography
John Andrew Dixon is one of the few collage artists to solve the challenge of working outside. He creates plein air landscapes from recycled or trashed material, including litter, and refers to this process as “painting in papers.” His distinctive artwork has been widely recognized and is held internationally in both private and institutional collections.
He has written on the topic of fine art collage for 12 years at his blog site, “The Collage Miniaturist.” The artist says, “I’m interested in a counterbalance of pictorial authenticity and creative spontaneity. Cutting and pasting offers a universal experience, and observers like the idea that anything cast off can be repurposed and infused with new meaning. It’s been rewarding for me to watch their sense of discovery, a response similar to what I’ve experienced by exploring the potential of paper. This connection with others has fueled my enthusiasm for representational collage.”
A resident of the Bluegrass region for 35 years, his studio is in the heart of historic downtown Danville. As an adjudicated member of the Kentucky Crafted Program administered by the Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency has provided a grant to Dixon for his traveling collection titled LITTER-ALLY KENTUCKY, with federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
