The Dover Club Presents: Dixie Friend Gay

The Art Business

Dixie Friend Gay's work explores the mystery and power of nature. She was raised on a cattle ranch in western Oklahoma: open spaces, dirt roads, the elements of wind, earth, rain and sun. The cycles of the seasons dictated life on the remote plains. In 1978, she resigned as art teacher in a rural school to pursue reality as a visual artist on the east coast. By the mid-1980's, Gay was exhibiting her work in Paris, New York, Boston and Philadelphia. While living in Manhattan, she earned a Master's degree in Studio Arts from New York University. She now lives in the Houston Heights.