Artist Biography
PATRICIA WARFIELD (1939-2016)
Patricia Lee Warfield began her distinguished 50-year career in the 1960’s as one of the few pioneering female abstractionists working with paint, fabric, ceramics and print-making. She also explored the new printmaking technique of Carborundum Collagraph extensively, and even developed a whole new medium by melting Mylar with a torch, to achieve unique, threedimensional sculptural effects. Over the years she expanded her range exploring new subject matter through the creation of in-depth series, often developed over a period of years. These included figurative work - landscapes and the natural world, the animal world, and erotica, producing a large body of work, from the miniature to the monumental. Significant projects included a 27’ pastel mural of the Jackson Hole Rodeo, 110 portrait drawings documenting the 1995 ‘Trial of the Century’ of the O.J. Simpson trial, 8’ fiber Crow Sculptures, and a large pastel series commemorating the 9/11 World Trade Center attack in 2001.
Warfield was a graduate of the Silvermine College of Arts (now the Silvermine Art Center) in New Canaan, CT, where she became a member of the faculty and taught for 25 years. A Scholarship for young artists, and a Figurative Art Award in her name, are given to their students annually.
She was a member of the National Arts Club of New York, and was affiliated with Galleries including the J. Russell Jinishian Gallery in Fairfield, CT; Westport Art Center, Westport, CT; Sailor’s Valentine Gallery, Nantucket, MA; Anguilla Gallery, Stonington, Connecticut; Stone Ledge Gallery, Noank, CT; Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT; Art Place, Westport, CT; Private Collector’s Gallery, Cork, Ireland; Galleria de Bellardo, New York, NY, and North Truro Art Gallery, Truro, MA.
COLLECTIONS:
Holland Hotel, Alpine, Texas; New York City Fire Department, New York; Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport; Connecticut Mattituck Museum of Art, Waterbury, Connecticut; Erotic Heritage Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada; Seaside Center, Greenwich Point, Greenwich, Connecticut; The Ocean House Resort, Watch Hill, Rhode Island