Steve Field | |
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Born | Stephen Field 3 May 1954
Saltash, Cornwall, England |
Nationality | English |
Occupations |
Stephen (Steve) Field RBSA (born 3 June 1954 in Saltash, Cornwall) is an English sculptor, muralist and mosaicist, active mainly in the West Midlands, particularly the Black Country, where a number of his works are on public display. He has been resident artist and public art adviser to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, since 1988, [1] [2] and is a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, [3] the Contemporary Glass Society [4] and the British Association of Modern Mosaic. [4] He coordinated Dudley's Millennium Sculpture Trail. [5]
He studied at the University of Sheffield, earning a degree in architecture, and Wolverhampton Polytechnic, where he achieved a master's degree in fine art. [1] He cites his influences as futurism and vorticism, the sculptor Walter Ritchie, [6] his MPhil examiner David Harding, and the Mexican muralists.
In 1978 he painted a series of three murals on the gable ends of terraced houses at the eastern end of Heathfield Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, in conjunction with Paula Woof and Mark Renn. [7] These murals lasted around 27 years before being overpainted by new murals. In 1982, he painted an internal mural at Frankley Community School, together with Woof and Renn. [8] The trio worked as "The Mural Company" and were profiled in a 1982 Central Television documentary, "Round About". [7] In June–July 1984, Field and Renn exhibited on murals, jointly, at Bilston Museum and Art Gallery. [9]
Field, Woof, Renn, David Patten and Derek Jones worked jointly as the West Midlands Public Art Collective, which was active circa 1987. [10]
He received the Royal Society of Arts 'Art for Architecture' Award in 1993 and an Arts and Business Award in 2005. [3]
Field is married to fellow muralist Cathryn Ryall, with whom he has collaborated artistically. Field has also completed several collaborations with the sculptor John McKenna. [11]
Picture | Work | Location | Date | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation |
Coordinates (With links to map and aerial photo sources) |
Owner | Notes |
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Birth of Pegasus | Brotherton Street, Pye Bank, Sheffield | 1977 | Mural | Dulux paint | 53°23′41″N 1°27′50″W / 53.39476°N 1.46397°W | Depicts
Pegasus. Completed as part of Field's degree studies at Sheffield University. Paint donated by Dulux. The house on which this was painted was due for demolition in 2010.
[12]
[13]
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Handsworth Triptych | Heathfield Road, Handsworth, Birmingham | 1978 | Mural | Emulsion paint | 52°30′29″N 1°54′18″W / 52.50802°N 1.90502°W | Set of three murals, depicting African wildlife. Since overpainted.
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City of a Thousand Trades | Bell Street Passage, Birmingham | 1987 | Relief |
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Made by the
West Midlands Public Art Collective; commissioned by the then
West Midlands County Council; lost
[10]
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Industries of the Lye | Lye | 1989 | Mural |
[14] Removed 2010
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Cameo | Stourbridge bus interchange | 1994 | Mosaics and anamorphic columns | Centro | Mosaics of a
grey heron and a
cockerel, based on
cameo glass from nearby
Broadfield House Glass Museum.
[15]
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Sunbeam Car Panels | St. John's Retail Park, Wolverhampton | 1995 | Relief | Bronze | 3m by 2m | 52°34′47″N 2°07′38″W / 52.57963°N 2.12734°W (approx) | (with
John McKenna ARBS sculptor)
[11]
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The Lone Rider | Penn Road, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton | 1996 | Sculpture | Hoptonwood limestone | 52°34′33″N 2°08′09″W / 52.57586°N 2.13580°W | Marks the site of the former
AJS motorcycle factory. Carved by Robert Bowers, assisted by Michael Scheuermann.
[11]
[16]
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Moonstones | Asda supermarket, Queslett Road, Great Barr | 1998 | Carving | Stone | 52°33′09″N 1°54′32″W / 52.5526°N 1.9088°W | Asda | Nine stones, depicting members of the
Lunar Society
[17]
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Sleipnir | Hill, overlooking Wednesbury Great Western Street metro stop | 1998 | 52°32′50″N 2°01′35″W / 52.5471°N 2.0265°W | Depicting
Sleipnir,
Odin's mythical eight-legged horse
[18]
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Maypole | Junction of Maypole Street and Windmill Bank, Wombourne | 1999 | Sculpture | Steel | 52°32′09″N 2°11′09″W / 52.53593°N 2.18584°W | Wombourne Parish Council | Includes mosaic work by Cathryn Ryall.
[11]
[19]
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Salamander in Flames | Flood Street Island, Dudley | 2000 | 52°30′26″N 2°04′51″W / 52.50720°N 2.08085°W | Part of Dudley Millennium Sculpture Trail. Lettering by
Malcolm Sier. Fabrication by Apollo Engineering,
Brierley Hill.
[2] Depicts a
salamander, in reference to
salamanders in metallurgy.
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Fleet Air Arm Memorial | National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas | 2009 | Granite, on a Portland stone base |
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Hovering Kestrel | Citadel Logistics Centre, Bilston | 2011 | Stainless steel | 52°34′06″N 2°03′19″W / 52.56847°N 2.05526°W | (with John McKenna ARBS Sculptor) | ||||
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Fons Juventis | Park Hall Academy, Castle Bromwich | 2011 | Stainless steel | Park Hall Academy | Relief sculpture. Artist's sketch pictured
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Civil war sculpture | Stevens Park, Wollescote | 2011 | (with Graham Jones)
[20] Depicts Prince Rupert hiding from the Roundheads in the well at Wollescote Hall.
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Anamorphic Portico | West Bromwich bus station | 1999 | -2002Mosaic and anamorphic column | 52°31′02″N 1°59′42″W / 52.51728°N 1.99499°W | Images loosely derived from
David Christie Murray's book A Capful o' Nails.
[4]
[15]
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Giant pictorial sundial | Measham Millennium Green | 2002 | Sundial | 52°42′13″N 1°30′32″W / 52.70358°N 1.50878°W | Commemorating
Joseph Wilkes.
[4]
[21]
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Field has also written articles about his work:
Steve Field | |
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Born | Stephen Field 3 May 1954
Saltash, Cornwall, England |
Nationality | English |
Occupations |
Stephen (Steve) Field RBSA (born 3 June 1954 in Saltash, Cornwall) is an English sculptor, muralist and mosaicist, active mainly in the West Midlands, particularly the Black Country, where a number of his works are on public display. He has been resident artist and public art adviser to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, since 1988, [1] [2] and is a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, [3] the Contemporary Glass Society [4] and the British Association of Modern Mosaic. [4] He coordinated Dudley's Millennium Sculpture Trail. [5]
He studied at the University of Sheffield, earning a degree in architecture, and Wolverhampton Polytechnic, where he achieved a master's degree in fine art. [1] He cites his influences as futurism and vorticism, the sculptor Walter Ritchie, [6] his MPhil examiner David Harding, and the Mexican muralists.
In 1978 he painted a series of three murals on the gable ends of terraced houses at the eastern end of Heathfield Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, in conjunction with Paula Woof and Mark Renn. [7] These murals lasted around 27 years before being overpainted by new murals. In 1982, he painted an internal mural at Frankley Community School, together with Woof and Renn. [8] The trio worked as "The Mural Company" and were profiled in a 1982 Central Television documentary, "Round About". [7] In June–July 1984, Field and Renn exhibited on murals, jointly, at Bilston Museum and Art Gallery. [9]
Field, Woof, Renn, David Patten and Derek Jones worked jointly as the West Midlands Public Art Collective, which was active circa 1987. [10]
He received the Royal Society of Arts 'Art for Architecture' Award in 1993 and an Arts and Business Award in 2005. [3]
Field is married to fellow muralist Cathryn Ryall, with whom he has collaborated artistically. Field has also completed several collaborations with the sculptor John McKenna. [11]
Picture | Work | Location | Date | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation |
Coordinates (With links to map and aerial photo sources) |
Owner | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Birth of Pegasus | Brotherton Street, Pye Bank, Sheffield | 1977 | Mural | Dulux paint | 53°23′41″N 1°27′50″W / 53.39476°N 1.46397°W | Depicts
Pegasus. Completed as part of Field's degree studies at Sheffield University. Paint donated by Dulux. The house on which this was painted was due for demolition in 2010.
[12]
[13]
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Handsworth Triptych | Heathfield Road, Handsworth, Birmingham | 1978 | Mural | Emulsion paint | 52°30′29″N 1°54′18″W / 52.50802°N 1.90502°W | Set of three murals, depicting African wildlife. Since overpainted.
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City of a Thousand Trades | Bell Street Passage, Birmingham | 1987 | Relief |
|
Made by the
West Midlands Public Art Collective; commissioned by the then
West Midlands County Council; lost
[10]
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Industries of the Lye | Lye | 1989 | Mural |
[14] Removed 2010
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Cameo | Stourbridge bus interchange | 1994 | Mosaics and anamorphic columns | Centro | Mosaics of a
grey heron and a
cockerel, based on
cameo glass from nearby
Broadfield House Glass Museum.
[15]
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|
Sunbeam Car Panels | St. John's Retail Park, Wolverhampton | 1995 | Relief | Bronze | 3m by 2m | 52°34′47″N 2°07′38″W / 52.57963°N 2.12734°W (approx) | (with
John McKenna ARBS sculptor)
[11]
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The Lone Rider | Penn Road, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton | 1996 | Sculpture | Hoptonwood limestone | 52°34′33″N 2°08′09″W / 52.57586°N 2.13580°W | Marks the site of the former
AJS motorcycle factory. Carved by Robert Bowers, assisted by Michael Scheuermann.
[11]
[16]
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Moonstones | Asda supermarket, Queslett Road, Great Barr | 1998 | Carving | Stone | 52°33′09″N 1°54′32″W / 52.5526°N 1.9088°W | Asda | Nine stones, depicting members of the
Lunar Society
[17]
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Sleipnir | Hill, overlooking Wednesbury Great Western Street metro stop | 1998 | 52°32′50″N 2°01′35″W / 52.5471°N 2.0265°W | Depicting
Sleipnir,
Odin's mythical eight-legged horse
[18]
| |||||
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Maypole | Junction of Maypole Street and Windmill Bank, Wombourne | 1999 | Sculpture | Steel | 52°32′09″N 2°11′09″W / 52.53593°N 2.18584°W | Wombourne Parish Council | Includes mosaic work by Cathryn Ryall.
[11]
[19]
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Salamander in Flames | Flood Street Island, Dudley | 2000 | 52°30′26″N 2°04′51″W / 52.50720°N 2.08085°W | Part of Dudley Millennium Sculpture Trail. Lettering by
Malcolm Sier. Fabrication by Apollo Engineering,
Brierley Hill.
[2] Depicts a
salamander, in reference to
salamanders in metallurgy.
| |||||
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Fleet Air Arm Memorial | National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas | 2009 | Granite, on a Portland stone base |
| |||||
![]() |
Hovering Kestrel | Citadel Logistics Centre, Bilston | 2011 | Stainless steel | 52°34′06″N 2°03′19″W / 52.56847°N 2.05526°W | (with John McKenna ARBS Sculptor) | ||||
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Fons Juventis | Park Hall Academy, Castle Bromwich | 2011 | Stainless steel | Park Hall Academy | Relief sculpture. Artist's sketch pictured
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Civil war sculpture | Stevens Park, Wollescote | 2011 | (with Graham Jones)
[20] Depicts Prince Rupert hiding from the Roundheads in the well at Wollescote Hall.
| ||||||
![]() |
Anamorphic Portico | West Bromwich bus station | 1999 | -2002Mosaic and anamorphic column | 52°31′02″N 1°59′42″W / 52.51728°N 1.99499°W | Images loosely derived from
David Christie Murray's book A Capful o' Nails.
[4]
[15]
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Giant pictorial sundial | Measham Millennium Green | 2002 | Sundial | 52°42′13″N 1°30′32″W / 52.70358°N 1.50878°W | Commemorating
Joseph Wilkes.
[4]
[21]
|
Field has also written articles about his work: