Jane Dixon November Feature Artist

Posted by: The River Gallery

“BODY LANGUAGE” ART EXHIBIT
What does your body language say? Jane Dixon, November’s Featured artist at The River Art Gallery, has captured this unspoken language on canvas and entitled her exhibit, “Body Language.”

Jane observed, “From the time I began to paint, I noticed people’s unique body movements and how these movements expressed more about their emotional state than any verbal communication. It could be something as simple as the tilt of the head, the slump of the shoulder or a person’s manner of walking. Strangely, observing people from their back reflects more about their mood than their facial expression.” Many of her pictures are painted from the ‘back’ view.

She says her objective is to create paintings which trigger the viewer to ask questions. She laughs as she mentioned one particular painting and says, “I think it will cause the viewer to laugh and say “What is that little boy thinking?”

Jane began her journey to become an artist approximately seven years ago and you can feel her passion for painting as she talks. Jane says “To be perfectly honest, the word ‘artist’ still makes me feel uncomfortable and when someone introduces me and then follows it up by saying, ‘She is an artist’ I look around to see who they are referencing because that can’t be me.” Be assured, anyone viewing her exhibit will know “artist” is the correct word to use when introducing her.

The River Gallery, 308 Trenton Street, West Monroe,Louisiana invites you to come see this special show of Jane’s work during the entire month of November.

The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. As part of the Cottonport Historic Cultural District of West Monroe,Louisiana. Purchases of original art from the gallery are tax-free and admission is free. Check out our workshop table for upcoming art classes.

Paintings and photographs by gallery members can also be seen at The River Gallery’s extension gallery located in the lobby of Ouachita Independent Bank/Bankers Mortgage Plaza at 18th and Louisville in Monroe.

The River Gallery is open late during the Downtown Gallery Crawls on the first Thursday of every other month (February – December) from 2013 5-9PM. For more information, call 318-322-2380