Charles Dix, artist

Major Accomplishments

  • Color layouts in the Milwaukee Journal followed two important visits to Expo 67 in Montreal and Expo 70 in Japan.

  • The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra commissioned Charles Dix to create the original work entitled "Transcendence" for its fifteenth anniversary.

    Awards

  • California National Watercolor Show
  • Watercolor USA in Springfield, Missouri
  • Watercolor Wisconsin in Racine
  • Award painting purchased by the National Academy of Design in New York

    Charles has exhibited during a long career in numerous juried art shows and competitions including the recent "A Call To The Arts" at The Corcoran Museum of Art in Middletown, Virginia. Exhibited works were done in Charles unique technique of bronze, acrylic, and oil. "A Call To The Arts" is in celebration of the Lord Fairfax Community College Anniversary and the new alliance with the Corcoran Museum of Art and College of Art and Design. The Juror for this exhibition was Paul Brewer, Director of College Exhibitions for the Corcoran College of Art and Design. He writes extensively for arts/cultural publications such as The Washington Review and Articulate Magazine.

    Charles also recently won a National Competition sponsored by the national magazine Art Calender, the business magazine for visual artists. His painting "Night Bridge," a 40" by 30" acrylic, was reproduced on the June 2000 issue cover. Dix also had a painting accepted in The National Exhibition Inland Exhibition of The San Bernadino County Museum in San Bernadine, California. The exhibit ran the months of May and June, 2000. The painting is a bronze, acrylic and oil. The Juror for this exhibition was Zoltan Szabo, author on numerous art books including Painting Rocks Mountains, and Trees in Watercolor.


    The Charles Dix Gallery

    P.O. Box 180194, Delafield, Wisconsin USA 53018. 262-968-2357

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