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Artist Profile & Statement

Patrick Dixon is a published and collected photographer who specializes in nature and marine photography. He spent over twenty years living in Alaska, where he taught photography and commercial fished for salmon. He now makes his living from photography and writing in Olympia, Washington.

Photography is far more than documenting the moment. Like a poem, a photograph is a recording of our own vision or unique way of seeing. The image may well be representational of the scene, but we are always filtering that scene through our own sensibilities.

This website of fine-art images is a collection of scenes photographed over the past 30 years that still resonate for me. From walking in my back yard in Washington state during an early snow to standing near eagles or brown bears in Alaska, from loud, raging waterfalls to soft autumn leaves, from Montana's summer-arid Blackfoot River valley to the rocky Burren in western Ireland, these are among the many images that have found me that come the closest to the feelings of being there.

All images on this site are copyrighted Patrick Dixon Photography, 2013.

Patrick's Writings

Exhibitions:
2013    Solo Exhibit - Fisherpoet Portraits                              KALA Gallery, Astoria, OR
2011    Solo Exhibit - Wards Cove Fisheries, Kenai                  Kenai Historical Museum, Kenai, AK 2010
2011   Featured Artist - Spirit of the River                            Performing Arts Center, Astoria, OR
2010    Invitational exhibit - Russian Church                          Kenai Historical Museum, Kenai, AK
2010    Group exhibit - Commercial Fishing                            Coffee Girl café, Astoria, OR
2004    Solo exhibit - Commercial Fishing                               River Sea Gallery, Astoria, OR
2002    Solo exhibit - Florals                                                  Arts Walk, Olympia, WA
2001    Solo exhibit - Dance                                                   Washington Center, Olympia, WA
2000    Solo exhibit – Landscapes                                            Mud Bay Coffee, Olympia, WA
1997    Solo exhibit - McNeil River Bears                               Kaladi Brothers, Soldotna, AK
1997    Two-person exhibit - Xerographs                               Borders Books, Anchorage, AK
1996    Solo exhibit - Family                                                   Kaladi Brothers, Soldotna, AK
1993    Two-person exhibit - Dancescape                                 Pratt Museum, Homer, AK
1992    Group Exhibit - Malhuer ’92                                         LaVerne Krause Gallery, Eugene, OR
1989    Two-person exhibit - Scenics                                        Kenai Art Guild, Kenai, AK
1989    Solo exhibit - The Ballad of Kenai -
            A Response to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill                     Kenai College Gallery, Kenai, AK

Reading/Speaking Appearances:
1999-2023 Fisher Poets Gathering, Astoria, OR
2012                            Fish Expo, Seattle, WA
2012                            Fisher Poets at Panorama, Lacey, WA
2012                            Fisher Poets at Harbor Days, Olympia, WA
2011                            Spirit of the River, Astoria, OR
2011                            Fisher Poets in Kenai, Kenai, AK
2011                            Wooden Boat Festival, Homer, AK
2011                            Fisher Poets at Panorama, Lacey, WA
2011                            Fisher Poets at Harbor Days, Olympia, WA
2011                            NW Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA
2010                                   Spirit of the River, Astoria, OR
2010                            Fisher Poets in Kenai, AK
2010                            Poets West, Seattle, WA
2010                            Fishermen Out Loud, Kodiak, AK
2009                            Salmon Nation Artist Project, Portland, OR
2008                            Sea Stories at Ft. Flagler, WA
2008                            Kodiak Out Loud, Kodiak, AK
2007                            Fish Expo, Seattle, WA
2006                            NW Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA