Jamie Rix

“My paintings are created by incorporating a variety of media, including acrylic, pastels, oil pastels, pencils, and charcoal to build layers and movement into each piece. Inspiration for my work is taken from observing unique patterns of color in nature as well as everyday scenes as they pass by and become abstracted and mentally catalogued. I have always spent a lot of time in nature, observing weathered surfaces, colors of stones, striations in earth, moss, wildflowers, and the rough native terrain of the Texas Hill Country. Music plays a significant, almost synesthetic role in the process of making a painting. Mental images take on a softer and more lyrical appearance as they are translated onto the canvas with each mark, color choice, and brush stroke. I first began painting after visually seeing hues of the music I was listening to - patterns of color formed, then a composition in my mind and I was compelled to paint what I was experiencing.
Studying music from an early age, then later playing in a jazz band, taught me the ability to tune into the non-thinking brain when creating. When you remove the page of music to attempt to improvise, you enter a more uncontrolled and unstructured space. I find this a strong parallel to...

Jamie Rix is a contemporary abstract artist. She currently lives and works in Austin, Texas.
With a Bachelor of Arts degree and background in psychology, she has always been fascinated with the search for understanding of what motivates basic human behavior. Viewing the artistic process with this same curiosity, she finds inspiration in the intricate ways in which people are moved by art as well as the emotional journey of the creative process.

2022 April 7th - June 24th: Array Exhibition, Art for the People Gallery | 1711 S 1st St Austin, Texas.

2022 February 23rd - March 27th: Reflections Group show, R Gallery | Boulder, Colorado.

2022 March 1st - June 1st: online exclusive exhibition www.artsy.net/show/dab-art-wait-gain, WAIT GAIN, Si Gallery, Dab Art Co. | Austin, Texas.

2021 November 10th - December 12th: Black & White Winter Group show, R Gallery | Boulder, Colorado.

2021 December 2nd -31, 2021: Las Laguna Art Gallery | Group Exhibition, selected works, Las Laguna Botanical Art & Illustration Online show

2021 August 21 - September 19: TEXAS NOW Online Showcase, an online exhibition at Artspace111.com.

2021 Aug 6-Oct 25: TRAHC's 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition | Regional Arts Center, Texarkana, TX (Juror: Dr. Becky Black, associate professor and head of the art history department, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Denver, Colorado.)

3/2020-2/2021 6U Gallery | Los Gatos, CA

2020 Work exhibited in TV show “Sell This House!” episode “If this House is A-Round Rockin” | Vazzo Spaces & Texas Crew Productions, LLC

2019 AVAA (Austin Visual Arts Association) Selected artist, group exhibition | Fall Show at Austin Art Space | Austin, TX

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