Alix started doing shows and selling her work while living in California, and did weekend Art Shows on the beach in Santa Barbara. Alix is largely self taught, and worked as an art therapist in special education classes in Coos County, OR., where she also taught at the Coos Art Museum. She has also studied art at the U of O. She works in Acrylics, Prismacolor Pencils, Pen & Ink & Ink/Paint on wood.