Santa Fe will get its first taste of an emerging voice from the South through Sloane’s Bibb’s latest collection, The Heart of Dixie. The show will premier at Lakind Fine Art, 662 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Part painting, part assemblage, part cultural tableau, the eclectic grouping is a at turns quirky, profoundly moving, and heartbreaking. Like all his work, the soul of The Heart of Dixie is texture. “I began doing this multi-layered style on canvas, using mainly paint, old paper and beeswax. I then added wood canvases, an incorporated metal and found objects, to become more 3D.” The result is a thought-provoking collection that captures all the cultural complexity and duality of his native Alabama. “There’s a constant push-pull between between romance and reality in my life,” said Bibb. “Life, art, family, work, creation, commerce. I think that tension is always present in my art. But with Valentine’s Day coming, and frankly with everything that’s going on the world, I really pushed myself to explore the interplay of happiness tinged with sadness in this collection,” Bibb said. “Plus, I just love that it’s sharing my heart—my love and connection and understanding of this place I call home—with the heart of the Southwest.”