Lee J. Nixon - Impressionist Artist

Lee J. Nixon inherited a love for painting from his
mother, and an apppreciation for the environment
from his father. Since he was 12, he has made colors,
patterns and textures a way of life - and now, a way to
make a living. A native of Orange Virginia, he received
his Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia State
University in 1975.

He taught art at Daniel Morgan Middle school in
Winchester for five years. While there, he served on a
committee for the annual Fine Arts Festival that
involved all of the area schools. In 1980, Lee returned
to Orange, to teach at Orange County High school
where he initiated an Arts and Science Festival, which
continued until recently. His own work, which includes
painting and creating textural surfaces, has been
exhibited at The Arts Center in Orange, Woodberry
Forest Walker Fine Arts Center, and The Albemarle
County Office Building.

He work primarily in acrylics for its versatility as they
can be thinned with water and mediums for
transparencies, as well as applied in an impasto style
for textural surfaces. Sometimes tissue paper is
utilized to simulate sculptural effects. The finished
work is the culmination of several underpaintings,
overpaintings, numerous glazes, and refinements. His
Impressionist paintings reflect a need, care, and
reverence for a serene earth.