Sweet Dreams

Dixie Biggs, Sweet Dreams, 2010, painted sugar maple, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jeffrey Bernstein, M.D. and Judith Chernoff, M.D., 2021.66.4
Copied Dixie Biggs, Sweet Dreams, 2010, painted sugar maple, 3 × 4 × 4 in. (7.6 × 10.2 × 10.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jeffrey Bernstein, M.D. and Judith Chernoff, M.D., 2021.66.4

Artwork Details

Title
Sweet Dreams
Artist
Date
2010
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
3 × 4 × 4 in. (7.6 × 10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jeffrey Bernstein, M.D. and Judith Chernoff, M.D.
Mediums
Mediums Description
painted sugar maple
Classifications
Keywords
  • State of being — phenomenon — dream
  • Object — foliage
Object Number
2021.66.4

Artwork Description

“In each of my pieces I try to evoke the sense of tranquility that one often finds during a quiet walk in the woods.” —Dixie Biggs


Dixie Biggs illustrates the intricacies of nature with her wood forms. Here, she has carved and painted the green maple leaf and winged samara (seedpod) onto a turned maple vessel. Biggs learned to carve from her mother and then taught herself woodturning in 1978.


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