Michele Field

Artist Details

Artist Name: Michele Field
Artist Home Page: www.britishartists.co.uk/michele_field
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Biography

Welcome.
OXFORDSHIRE ARTWEEKS OPEN STUDIO EXHIBITION.
OPEN today & everyday until 19th May 2pm to 6pm daily.
I look forward to your visit.
10% off selected artworks during this show.
All the details about my art show are on the link below. All most welcome.

The subjects I most enjoy painting are canals, waterways, woodlands, vibrant floral canvases, dog portraits. Main medium is acrylic's.
Painting has given me much enjoyment since a young child.
Over the years I have held many solo exhibitions & can proudly proclaim that my work can be seen in homes across the UK and over seas.
Thank you to all who have supported me & to those who have purchased & commissioned my work.

A FEW HIGHLIGHTS AND PROUD MOMENTS.
*Mr Paul Weller a very famous singer bought one of my Oxford Canal paintings in the old days when he was recording at Shipton on Cherwell Manor House.
*Held many solo exhibitions at ORH hospitals since 2000.
Judging from feed back my work has brought much pleasure to many people over the years. Art helps to uplift peoples spirits.
*The Banbury Horton Hospital gave me quite a complement as they have a large permanent display of my floral canvases which are much enjoyed by visitors.
*In 1998 I Joined the Guild of Waterway Artists, the group have a shared interest in painting UK waterways. We exhibited together at canal events & venues like the Braunston Historic Working Boat Rally show held every year in June.
*Three of my paintings of Oxford were presented by my parents to the town of Geel in Belgium to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the liberation during the second world war.
*The John Radcliffe Anglers Society purchased one of my paintings as their trophy instead of a cup one year, it depicted a spot on the Oxford canal where they fish.
*One of my blue bell wood paintings hangs in Kensington Central Library London in memory of Librarian.
*In the past I have donated paintings to Kidlington village charity's to name a few include the Royal British Legion & Church Spire appeal also to the ORH.
*Many of my designs have been used for charity cards such as the Inland Waterways Association and Sobell House in Oxfordshire. A range of cards was launched by Sobell in 2007 using 14 of my paintings. This was a nice thing to do in memory of my dear mum.
*Quite a number of my paintings are now in Public Ownership.
* Meeting Wesley Smith at BBC Radio Oxford.
*REVIEWS ON DAILY INFO, OXFORD See web link.
www.dailyinfo.co.uk/reviews/feature/2152/Art%2BShow%2B/
BBC Art & Culture See web link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/oxford/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8363000/8363076.stm
*2010 November issue of Canals Rivers+Boats Magazine. Special two page feature showing my Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal painting.
*FRONT COVER of Oxfordshire Limited Edition magazine April 2009.
*FRONT COVER of Oxfordshire Limited Edition magazine December 2010

*APPOINTMENTS
Interested visitors are welcome to visit my home in Oxfordshire to view my paintings as seen on my website galleries. Please leave a message on the link at the top of this page through -CONTACT MICHELE FIELD. Remember to leave your details.

 

Exhibitions

 

Awards

*Won the peoples vote online for the month of MAY for My Arts Space calendar competition 2007.

My work has been published in the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Public Catalogue Foundation. Paintings in Public ownership.
There is also a BBC website who work closely with the pcf and these paintings can also be seen on their website under Oxfordshire.
www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings
The pfc have welcomed me as a life friend member.

PAST EXHIBITIONS
Here is a short list of venues both solo & with groups of artists
*Museum of Oxford- SOLO SHOWS.
*Stable Gallery, Green College, Oxford-SOLO SHOWS.
*County Museum, Woodstock -SOLO.
*Stop House at Braunston in Northamptonshire-SOLO SHOWS.
*London Canal Museum.
*Stoke Bruerne for the Blisworth Tunnel 200th anniversary festival held 2005.
*Exhibited at various hospitals in Oxfordshire-SOLO SHOWS
*Participated in Oxfordshire Artweeks many times.
*The Ancient High House,Stafford with G O W A.
*Exhibited with the Guild of Waterway Artists as a member of the group.
*2007 Mill Arts Centre, Banbury, Oxon- SOLO.
*Witney Museum-Group.
*Cumberland Pencil Museum, Keswick, Cumbria.
*Oxford Town Hall- SOLO SHOWS.
*Modern Art Oxford Open Exhibition January 2008.One painting exhibited.
*03 Gallery.2008 Summer exhibition. One painting exhibited.
*Stoke Bruerne-National Waterways Museum, Northants. SOLO 2009.
*Vale & Downland Museum at WANTAGE- SOLO 2009.
*The Jam Factory -One painting in Oxfordshire Artweeks 2011
*2011- West Ox Arts Gallery -Solo exhibition

 

Media

Acrylics, Canvas

 

Subjects

Animals, Copyright, Decorative Art, Flowers And Gardens, Landscape, Pet Portrait, Trees and Foliage, Waterways and Canals