about the artist

Felicity Dixson is a Sydney based artist who creates psychedelic pastoral landscapes with oil and wax on ply. She draws inspiration from the coastal landscapes of the southern New South Wales coast.

Born in 1962, Bendigo Victoria. The formative years were spent on numerous journeys to farms in Victoria and New South Wales, keeping her veterinarian father company. The family eventually settled on the South Coast of New South Wales. The experience imbued her with an absolute adoration and awe for the countryside. In particular, the Gerringong hills with its breathtaking vistas, farmland, sensual forms and rolling green hills that gently converge against the shorelines - delighting and inspiring the senses.

It’s worth noting that there have been numerous artists inspired by this area. Significantly, Lloyd Rees’ iconic ‘Road to Berry,’ which then in turn inspired a homage from Brett Whitley. The breath taking lines and serene shapes capture the essence of the vista.

In her practice Felicity recalls, imagines and revisits her childhood coastal pastorals. There is a nostalgic snapshot to the 1960s and 1970s art and Scandinavian design, alternative surf culture, chunky, funky and colourful shapes. The works are mainly an exploration in the joy of colour, the delectable delight in hue and its subsequent emotional resonance.

The execution is an intuitive response, recalling and rendering variable, ambiguous horizons and multi perspectives. Playing on the pictorial plane, an Alice in Wonderland aerial. A homage to the indigenous aerial birds-eye adaption and traditional perspectives of the landscapes throughout time.

The works are predominately executed in oil on plywood. Initially, they are under-painted in acrylic and fluoro paint with smidges (undergarments) peaking through. Many series are undertaken on horizontal ply to portray and capture the panoramic vistas. There are also works undertaken in ink, watercolour and goache on paper to explore the fluidity and lightness of the environment.