[1] Among his classmates at CSFA were other emerging Bay Area Abstract Expressionists, including Richard Diebenkorn, John Hultberg, Frank Lobdell, Walter Kuhlman, and George Stillman.
These later paintings featured dramatic strokes of brilliant, harsh color laid on in heavy impasto, while his prints and drawings were energized by vigorous lines.
One critic considered him the most adventurous colorist among the first wave of Abstract Expressionists to emerge from the Bay Area.
[1] In 1948 he collaborated with other members of the Sausalito Six to create a portfolio of 17 lithographs entitled Drawings that is considered a landmark in the history of Abstract Expressionist printmaking.
[2] A small collection of papers, photographs, and slides of Dixon's work is held by the Archives of American Art.