In
1939, Maynard Dixon and his wife Edith Hamlin built
a summer home in Mount
Carmel, Utah, where Dixon found new friends and
became reacquainted with the earth. He lived near
the cottonwood trees
along an old irrigation ditch and took short hikes
to a plateau where he loved the quiet. Dixon spent
winter months in
Tucson, where the couple also had a home and studio.
Dixon continued to
create masterpieces – simple but powerful
compositions in which non-essential elements were
distilled or eliminated. In November of 1946
Maynard passed away at his winter home in Tucson. In
the spring of 1947 his widow Edith brought his ashes
to Mt. Carmel where she buried them on a high bluff
above the art studio being built on the property.
This had been at his request and she felt it a
fitting tribute where friends could come to pay
respects and view the land that he loved.
His legacy will live on through time through his
colorful, dramatic canvases that continue to thrill
the viewer. An honest vision of his life and
experience in a vanishing era of the American west.
Is it any wonder Maynard Dixon’s works continue to
gain new admirers and inspire us as no other?
Wherever the wide-open spaces of the West, its
canyons, mesas, cottonwoods, clouds, sagebrush, and
people, strike a chord in the heart, Maynard Dixon’s
art will be honored.
Paul and Susan Bingham
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