Sacred Noticing at Sync Gallery

Opening Reception: Friday, May 15th, 2026, 5 PM to 9 PM In Sacred Noticing, DCD Dixon presents a body of photographic work rooted not in spectacle, but in a spiritual awakening toward attention. After years of moving quickly—through career, responsibility, and expectation—Dixon began to reconsider how he sees. What emerged was not a dramatic reinvention, but a quiet shift. He slowed down. He started noticing. Light falling across an ordinary surface. The geometry of shadow. Weathered walls. Quiet thresholds. Moments most people pass without pause. These photographs are not constructed for grandeur. They are gathered through presence. Dixon engages in what he calls a practice of “Sacred Noticing”— While the subjects range from architecture to landscape to human trace, the thread connecting them is not genre but awareness. Each image marks a moment when something small revealed a deeper order — a hint of grace embedded in the everyday. Over time, this practice has become more than a photographic method—it has become a way of living. The work reflects an ongoing construction of attention, humility, and care. The camera functions not as a tool for spectacle, but as a witness. This collection invites viewers to reconsider their own relationship to the ordinary. What might reveal itself if we slowed down? What quiet structures are shaping our days without our awareness? These photographs are part of an ongoing construction: a life shaped by faith, patience, and the belief that the sacred is not distant, but woven into the fabric of daily experience. Markers along a path of learning to see. J. Popeye Olson's sculptures and paintings are figurative in nature, with abstraction used to enhance composition and ignite imagination. He finds great joy in the use of line and texture, as these elements convey emotion and create a connection between his hand, his personality, and the work itself. Shape and color help Olson establish a sense of character and space, allowing the figures to come alive in their own way. Olson's work explores the interaction between the human form and our physical, spiritual, and environmental worlds. For him, visual art is the most effective way to consider the complexities of life and the human condition. It is through my creations that He explores the relationships between perception and expression, experience and meaning.