Alix Mosieur
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Alix was born in Texas and grew up in California. She spent most of her life in Oregon. She began painting professionally about 30 years ago. Alix is mostly self-taught, but she did study at Santa Barbara City College, Southwest Oregon Community College and the University of Oregon. She has taught classes at the Coos Bay Art Museum in Oregon and several art galleries in California and Oregon. She has won first place awards at the Joseph Days Festival in Joseph, Oregon; Klamath Valley Annual Art Show; and at Umpqua Valley Arts Association in the Western Art Shop.
Alix has also won awards at the Klamath Valley Annual Art Show in Oregon and recieved honorable mention at the Night Walker National Juried Competition in Fort Collins, Colorado. Her work is diverse. Her first love and consuming interest is in painting portraits of Native Americans, concentrating on those men involved in the Indian Wars of the last century. She considers herself very lucky beyond her wildest dreams to be able to live where she wants to and to make a living doing what she loves best.
Several years ago Alix met her husband, Bruce, who helped in creating their successful art business with one-of-a-kind furniture, wall hangings and painted scenes. Her unique hand-painted gourds are also a speciality art form for Alix. Their specialty has become the pen and ink drawings that Alix does on hardwoods. Her subject ranges from horses, wildlife, Native American themes and commission work.
Most of the wood used comes from specialty dealers who supply rare and beautiful cuts to make musical instruments, furniture and cabinets. Alix and Bruce have diversified by making tables, wall hangings, room dividers, fireplace screens and mirrors. Alix draws large renderings in colored pencil of famous historical Native Americans and also still life including cabbages, peppers, and sunflowers taht are grown on their 12 acre property.
Alix's art has been displayed at the Santa Barbara Art Museum in California, Santa Barbara City Library, Uniquely Southwest Gallery in Arizona, Coos Bay Art Museum in Oregon, Lane Community College Library Gallery in Oregon, Eugene Library in Oregon, Southwest Journey Gallery in Oregon, Tribal Expressions in Chicago, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in Houston, Denver Pro Bull Riders Rodeo, National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, and the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo.