Artists Pages

Dixie Dugan



803 65th Avenue North
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29572
(843) 449-5869
Waterfront Art Gallery

gallery@waterfrontartgallery.com



Grama's Girl: Watercolor.Size: 27"x 37 1/2"

Inspiration:......"Grama's Girl was a part of a series I was working on at the time. I saw the images on the street of Charleston, South Carolina. I photographed them and did some drawings. I "pushed this" watercolor by placing both figures (as if they are) walking out of the painting to the right. I have been taught not to have your subjects walking out of center. Or to have the weight of the painting (images) all on the side they are facing. this makes the piece unbalanced. I decided to break the rules and do just that. I added the bus-stop sign to give it more balance and to add a third image. I like to add an uneven amount of images in my paintings. The name came from the idea of grandmothers helping to raise their grandchildren so Granma's Girl is spelled as a child might say it."

How Piece was Acquired: Won the 1982 Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild Award and was purchased by the City of Myrtle Beach..


Links:

Waterfront Art Gallery, Charleston, SC


Artist's History:
Birthplace:
Parsons, Kansas
Education:
University of South Carolina
Costal Carolina College
Trained with various Artists, including:
Alex Powers- Myrtle Beach
Chen Chi-New York
Zoltan Szabo-North Carolina
Christopher Shenk-California
Mills Batt- California


Awards:
Over 30 local, regional and national awards


Exhibitions:
Numerous shows and exhibits as well as teaching/tutoring and exhibition judging.


Permanent Collections:
Siebels-Bruce Insurance Company- Columbia, South Carolina
Sonat Gas Corporation-Birmingham, Alabama:
Peoples and Loan- Pawley's Island, South Carolina
University of South Carolina (Russell House)- Columbia, South Carolina
Burroughs and Chapin Corporation-Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Edgerton Burroughs Collection- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
The Sun News- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Medical University of South Carolina- Charleston, South Carolina
First Federal Bank- Charleston, South Carolina
Carolina First National Bank- Pawley's Island, South Carolina


Other Notable Works:
Since 1972, Mrs. Dugan has painted 1,366 watercolors, acrylics, and oils.
Notable among them:
Charleston Antique Hunting III
Sweet Grass Lady
Ride A Painted Pony
Palls Forever
African-Americans
Quilt of Many Colors II