Reproduction of a late 19th century Stormont pattern.

Garrett Dixon (b. 1954)

Reproduction of a late 19th century Stormont pattern.

2012

Proprietary watercolor paint on commercial paper

Garrett Dixon of Franklin, Pennsylvania, worked under the name The Marbler’s Apprentice, active 1991–2017. Dixon is a self-taught marbler and practicing physician who learned to recreate traditional Japanese and European marbling patterns with authentic handmade paints from reading historical treatises. Dixon was joined in the work by his wife Gretchen in 2002. They taught workshops, accepted commissions, and sold at conferences.

Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Gretchen and Garrett Dixon