This painting, "You Make Me Better" by Stevie Dix, features bold, undiluted oil colors with impasto textures, creating a raw and tactile surface. The composition is split, with organic, swirling lilac shapes on the left and dark, intertwined forms on a deep red background to the right. A somber face with closed eyes is depicted below, evoking introspection. The work oscillates between abstraction and figuration, using recognizable symbols to explore universal themes. Influenced by her autobiographical style, Dix delves into personal and collective human experiences. ...
Born in 1990 in Genk, Stevie Dix lived in London, where she studied at the alternative art school Turps Banana (2016-2017), before moving back to Genk in 2020.
Expressing herself through undiluted oil paint, and occasionally lined with impasto, Stevie Dix has developed a raw, sensitive and bold body of work, which she describes as autobiographical and introspective. Oscillating between abstraction and figuration, she uses, sometimes obsessively, easily identifiable symbols to evoke universal ills.
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