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January Issue 2004
Hilton Head Art League on Hilton Head Island, SC, Features Works by Marilyn Dizikes
The paintings by featured artist Marilyn Dizikes will be on view in the exhibition, Color Abstractions, at the Hilton Head Art League Gallery in Pineland Station on Holton Head Island, SC, from Jan. 20 through Feb. 14, 2004. The exhibit is an opportunity to see works by this dynamic artist, teacher and resident of the world.
A third generation native Californian, Dizikes married a State Department executive and found herself living subsequently in exotic locations around the world. In each country, she studied the arts and added these images to her style. While in Germany, she studied the old masters, in Greece, the ancient art. In Malaysia she had the opportunity to study Chinese brush painting and batik and printmaking in Denmark. Stateside, she studied pastels and wood sculpture in Taos, NM, and acrylic painting for her Masters Degree in painting and sculpture at Virginia Commonwealth University.
"My art is an expression of the spirit," says Dizikes. "My vision changes as I experience changes to my life and environment. In some Native-American cultures there is no word for art because it is such an integral part of daily life. I agree with this philosophy-art is life."
Dizikes is currently teaching acrylics at the Hilton Head Art Academy and has taught at the Hilton Head Elementary School's Island Academy and the Scholar Academy. She is also the chairperson of the Education Committee of the Hilton Head Art League. She has had numerous one person shows in Virginia and was chosen as Artist in Public Places for Fairfax County. Her work was accepted into the 2003 Hilton Head Art League National Juried Show. While abroad, she worked in two print studios in Copenhagen, Denmark, where she had three one-woman shows: two at the American Embassy and one at the Fredericksbourg Town Hall. Her work is held in several collections, including TIAA-CREF in Washington, DC, the American Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and the Fredericksbourg Town Hall in Denmark.
Dizikes compares the work of art to the art of music. "A painter uses imagination, skill and a palette of colors to create something never seen before. This is the artist's unique vision, just as a musician creates music never heard before, " she says. "Colors are to an artist as notes are to a musician. They can be soft kept (piano) or made to shout (forte). All colors of the spectrum are derived from the three major keys (primaries): red, yellow, and blue. These form the three minor keys (secondaries): orange, green, and violet. Add to these the neutrals of black and white, and one has infinite variations."
Color Abstractions is a show that will be remembered both for its artistic beauty and the changing rhythms of the soul as interpreted by a very gifted artist.
For additional information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call the gallery at 843/681-5060 or on the web at (www.hiltonheadartleague.org).
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