“We never know what is enough until we know what’s less than enough.”

I am honored and delighted to present “Would it be enough,” my first solo exhibition with the Sketchbook Gallery, Saugerties NY.

As a Hudson Valley-based abstract painter, much of my efforts are focused on creating paintings that encourage viewers to rethink how experiences shape who we are. My thoughts and imagination skirt the boundaries between past, present, and future encounters to seek meaning and purpose of joy and hope, as well as sadness and despair.

With these new paintings, I am inviting the viewer to consider how “enough” plays a role in how we feel, the decisions we make, and the person we continue to grow into.

“The theme of the exhibit came out of my thoughts of a parent who has outlived two of their children, of a people who continue to wonder when, and my understanding that received blessings should not come with guilt.”

I hope you can join in my conversation with Elizabeth Keithline at the gallery on Saturday, May 23 (from 2:00 to 3:00 pm) – it will be fun.

Ted

Ted Dixon pursues abstract painting to explore what is not immediately visible. His own words frame a core inquiry: “How do we learn to see what we cannot yet see? What are the things that influence our ability to perceive?” His abstract compositions are shaped by personal experiences, a study of moments in time that are inseparably tied to certain feelings and meanings. As a Black American artist, he views his work as a vehicle to enhance and widen the dialogue among all people, inviting viewers into a shared field of contemplation rather than into segregated or singular readings of image and form.

Dixon’s narrative is situated within today’s world of visual and verbal overload, suggesting that restraint can open a clearer pathway for meaning. The result is a viewer experience that feels like a journey across the painted surface, moving toward clarity rather than distraction. Dixon hopes observers will encounter what he calls “abstract sensations” — moments of quiet, serenity, restlessness, or tension—that linger after the eyes have moved on. The goal is to create images that speak to a point in time someone will embrace, be moved by, and perhaps find indispensable to their own sense of meaning.

Ted Dixon’s exhibitions have spanned a broad range of spaces in the Northeast with forthcoming 2026 solo exhibits in Troy NY, Woodstock NY, and Saugerties NY. These venues reflect a regional dialogue about abstraction that is as diverse as the Hudson Valley itself.