Jerry Nelson, 2008
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Earth Oranges 1 & 2, 40 x 26 in
Isabel
Field is juried member of The
Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, and a founding member
there of
Printmakers Inc. Her work is available at the Torpedo
Factory in
the studio of
Printmakers, Inc. Monotypes and collages
are "one
of" works, each image unique.
Some
day we'll get our place cleaned out like Isabel's -- that spacious,
modern look, then lots of big art on bare walls. But do our
dining room chairs match?
Below are 2 + 3 monotypes with
collage
from the dining area of the artist's home.
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Dining Room 2A, 2B. the "MIXT" series. 26 x 40 in
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Dining Room 3A, 3B, 3C, 26 x 40 in
Isabel Field and her collages, 2008.
" MIXT #7 "
40 x 8 in.
Photographed in subdued, diffuse light on the left,
and in direct light on the right.
The artist delights in using a wide variety of materials. The resulting works are very "active" (and a good tease for any photographer).
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Shelter Series Nos 4 (left) and 6 (right).
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Color Series 707, 9 x 6 in, 1996
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"Vertical" aka "Color Scapes", 24 x 18 in.
MORE IN THE FAMILY -- Jacob and Milton Field
Isabel's
husband Milton paints, which should be no surprise, since his father
Jacob did also, and earned his living as a free-lance commercial
artist.
Jacob
Morris Field (b. 1895) Three Trees, 1920. Woodcut.
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Landscapes and natural scenes such as the trees above were his first love, but Jacob Field's free-lancing also got him the design of two well-known products.
And, when the pop art craze swept the art scene, those popular products landed him the the Whitney Museum of American Art, and in the prestigious Phillips Collection Washington DC -- at least indirectly.
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Alexander
Calder cut up Jacob Field's coffee cans and others to make his "Only
Only Bird" (right), leaving lines of print visible
in the long tail feathers -- including "ONLY Ahorns dares reveal its
complete blend because Ahorns uses ONLY the highest priced premium
coffee and nothing else". "Only Only Bird" takes its name
from the double "only" of Ahorn's boast.
All of this got to be too much for Milton, who wrote to Jasper Johns care of Johns' museum curator to say the can designs were the work of another artist, namely his father, to which Jasper Johns graciously replied, using his Savarin Coffee note cards (above), of course.
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either image to enlarge for reading. All of this got to be too much for Milton, who wrote to Jasper Johns care of Johns' museum curator to say the can designs were the work of another artist, namely his father, to which Jasper Johns graciously replied, using his Savarin Coffee note cards (above), of course.
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Milton Field: portrait of Isabel Field. 12 x 9 in
ALL's WELL that ENDS WELL
Jasper Johns, Savarin coffee can with paint brushes.
Painted bronze 1960 13 1/2 in.
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