Chris Dixon, Fine Artist
Owner/Operator, Chris Dixon Studios
Box 380173 Murdock, FL 33948
1.888.700.8528   cell: 1.941.626.5092
chrisdixon@chrisdixonstudios.com Portfolio: http://www.chrisdixonstudios.com/


OBJECTIVE
  • Continue creating patrons' dreams into reality.

EXPERIENCE
Chris Dixon Studios, Box 380173 Murdock, Florida
Owner , July 1976 - Present
  • Design, create custom prototype artworks, cast editions, mold-making, manage unique art studio.
  • Gallery of several fine artists and many art related products and services.
  • Miniature to monumental Sculptures globally, 2D + 3D ...artistic ideas to reality!
 
Finvarra inc., Holmes Beach, Florida
Vice President, 1986 - 1996
  • Treasures of the Spanish Main division: Prototype and production development. including work for Mel Fisher's Treasure Salvors in Key West [conservation & documentation, museum replicas & display and retail shop ], Historic Shipwreck mapping/surveying/discovering.
  • Sand Castle Manufacturing Division: Doubled production with innovative process& custom tools. Created all prototypes and managed into production unique products. JC Penny and numerous wholesale/retail clients.
  • Regularly Managed 3 to 10 workers, design and create prototypes into production, mold making, porcelain, resins, precious metals, jewelry, etc.
    Involved in all aspects of managing, decision-making, trouble-shooting and successful completion of all tasks.
 
Knight Ridder news, Bradenton, Florida
Pre-Production, 1985 - 1987
  • Classified Editor, camera, ads, training, pagination and paste-up, Pre-Press and First-Run press approvals.
  • CoOrdinated work between final edits, art dept. and press production. Typesetter maintenance. Improved workflow of classifieds.
 
Sun Coast Media Group Inc, Venice, Florida
Pre-Production, 1984 - 1985
  • TV Guide Editor. Custom Ad Artworks, layout and Page creating. Production camera. Press plate setup.
 
Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland
Mural artist, 1983 -1984
  • Created and CoOrdinated to completion unique projects, groups of students to create series of mural paintings for new Dining Hall and public displays on campus.
 

EDUCATION

Over 30 years of Sculpture arts experience as fine artist.

 

Washington College - Chestertown, MD
BA, Arts, Sciences 4 year degree in fine arts, 1980 - 1984

  • Activities and Societies:
  • Secretary: Lambda Pi Delta fraternity,
  • President: Caving Club
  • Sailing club, fishing, golf.
 
Chesapeake College - Wye Mills, MD
Community College 1982 - 1983
  • Additional Studies in Computer science, accounting, economics.
 
Kent County High School - Worton MD
Trojans 1980 - 1984
  • College prep, Teacher's Aid in art, biology.
 

SKILLS
  • Sculptor
    • Quality Originals
    • Resins, Epoxy compounds!
    • Concrete, Portland, Gypsum Cements
    • Metal Fabrication
    • Woodcarving
  • Painter
    • Acrylics, oils, watercolors..
    • Murals
    • Faux Painting
    • Framing, Display
  • Art Directing
    • Gallery Owner
    • Unique projects worldwide
    • Consulting
  • Film: Stage Props..
  • Advertising
    • Trade Shows
    • Signage, Print, Editing, Internet
  • Museums, Parks & Zoos Exhibits
  • Mold Making
    • Designs to Production Casting
    • Rubbers, Resins..
  • Jewelry Foundry
    • Originals, molds, tooling
  • Porcelain Ceramics
    • Gold & Platinum; Slip casting; Prototypes & Molds
  • Woodworking: Furniture, Cabinetry
  • Public Art
  • Fountains
  • Figurative
  • Realism, Wildlife Art
  • Contemporary Art
  • Additional Mixed Media
  • Interior Designs
  • Drawing, Illustration, Photography
  • Antique Conservation to Replicas
  • Packaging
  • Software:
  • Microsoft Office
  • Web Design
    • Dreamweaver
    • LAMP Server; HTML, PHP, Javascript
  • 3D Visualization
    • ZBrush: 3D Modeling, Digital Sculpting
    • Blender, Adobe CS
  • Graphic Arts
    • Photoshop, Gimp

PUBLIC PROJECT EXHIBITS and COMMISSIONS, partial
  • Mel Fisher's Treasure Salvors, Mel Fisher Maritime Museum and Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society - Key West, FL: Archaelogy study casts, Museum replicas, molds, retail items.
  • KDesign - Memphis, TN: Kansas City Zoo interactive 3D signs.
  • Miccosukee Indian Nation - Miami, FL: Alligator wrestler monumental Outdoor Statue; and large gator inside museum.
  • Brassfield & Gorrie - Birmingham, AL for Colonial Pinnacle at Craft Farms Shopping Center - Gulf Shores AL: 17 @ 7 foot pelicans on rooftop 500,000 sq ft shopping center.
  • Bluedip Marketing - Belvue, WA: Microsoft News Network Channel 9 Guy enlargements.
  • All Good Music Festival - Jefferson, MD: 13 foot Buddha sitting in Dragon Chair on Stage for a sell out crowd in West Virginia.
  • Traditional EnterPrises - Hurlock, MD: Dorchester County Seal for signage.
  • Wild-Waters Silver Springs, FL: Alligator Ambush water spray thrill ride.
  • Pelicans Herons and numerous custom outdoor statues.
  • Grizzell Middle School Dublin Schools, OH: Public School - 5 foot Frog Statue. Dedicated to students who successfully petitioned State of Ohio to adopt the American BullFrog as state amphibian.
  • Capitol Exhibit Services Inc. - Manassas, VA: Life sized Alligator Nest for Texas Park.
  • Green Goat Landscape - Sarasota, FL: 3 x 4 foot Tuscan Lion Head for fountain on intra costal waterway.
  • Interiors by Joan - Sarasota, FL: Life Size Laughing Buddha - Lakewood Ranch, FL
  • Moheghan Sun Casino, CT: Pelicans at Margueritaville store.
  • Zoos: FL, CA, AK, TN, LA, KS.
  • Parks: NJ, FL, MD, VA, TX.
  • Warner Brothers - Burbank, CA: TV stage props
  • Animal interaction - Virginia Beach, VA: 6x8 ft Frog Statue for Year of the Frog and mobile Zoo Exhibits.
  • Shop Center, Romania: fountain gator.
  • Woody's Golf course, VA; various Putt-Putt and decorative.
  • 1St National Bank & Trust Of Bradenton - Bradenton FL: Small manatee Sculpture.
  • South Florida Museum - Gift Shop - Bradenton FL: Small manatee Sculptures for gift shop.
  • Traditional Enterprises LLC - Hurlock, MD: Several custom carved antique furniture elements and display cases.
  • Carpel Tunnel, CA: Medical Model In gratitude for miraculous surgery.
  • Corolla Chapel, NC: atonement pelicans, successful Fundraiser.

AWARDS
  • HS: Senatorial scholarship, Tenneco Chemicals Science award, voted most likely to succeed.
  • Ward Foundation: Best of show A Danner Frazier Memorial, numerous category awards ..
  • Also create awards for others: Oldcastle, US Army, private companies, events..

Special Techniques

"I have created sculptures and artworks my entire working career since 1976. In trying to discover best materials to hold super-fine details, suitable for outdoors, strong and long-lasting, I have developed proprietary Epoxy casting & coating systems. My Epoxy tinted clays are a cost-effective bronze substitute . It is non-toxic, rock-hard, very chemically resistant and long lasting. For these reasons epoxy compounds are widely used in zoos, museums, outdoors and repairs." CD