Attraction

A painting showing two women standing opposite each other on a blue background. A spotted beach ball hangs in the air above them.
Holiday Attractions #19, oil and graphite on board, 40 x 50cm (SOLD)
A painting of a woman in a red bikini reaching up to a dolphin. The background is blue.
Holiday Attractions #14, oil and graphite on board, 25 x 20cm (SOLD)
A painting of a man in blue speedos pointing a toy gun at a beached whale. The background is blue.
Maz Dixon - Colony #14, oil and graphite on board, 23 x 30cm SOLD
A painting of three meter maids in gold bikinis on a gold background.
Holiday Attractions #10, oil and graphite on board, 20 x 25cm (SOLD)
A painting of a meter maid in a gold bikini on a blue background.
Golden #3, oil and graphite on board, 30 x 23cm (SOLD)
A painting of a meter maid in a gold bikini on a blue background.
Golden #2, oil and graphite on board, 30 x 23cm (SOLD)
A painting of a meter maid in a gold bikini on a blue background.
Golden #1, oil and graphite on board, 30 x 23cm (SOLD)
A painting of two women in bikinis seated against a blue background. A spotted beach ball hovers above them.
Holiday Attractions #18, oil and graphite on board, 50 x 40cm (SOLD)
A painting of a seal looking up at a pair of bare legs dangling from the top of the image. The background is blue.
Colony #6, 25 x 20cm SOLD

The Attraction series is an examination of the prescriptive nature of souvenir media. Souvenir manufacturers photograph the scenery and attractions of a holiday destination, and mechanically reproduce these scenes for mass consumption through postcards, view-folders, tea towels. These items become instruction manuals for viewers, showing them how they are to experience their destination. Mass-produced imagery becomes mass-produced experience.

By separating figures and landscape from each other, the relationship between viewer and souvenir is realigned. With context removed, the viewer is free to create their own narrative around figures or landscapes.

In the paintings, the process of converting the images from postcard to unique artifact is explicitly shown through technique. The image is manipulated in a computer and reproduced as a line drawing. Layers of paint are applied, but the precise contours of the line drawing are still visible under the more naturalistic layers of paint. The evolution from mass-produced memory to individual experience is thus complete.