Gail Fields • Box 564 •1 Russell Way • North Truro, MA  02652 • 508-514-4319

•     Education

        Parsons School of Design, NYC , Painting and Graphic Design

        BA  Degree Psychology, with minor in Art, member National Honor Society in Psychology.
        (PSI CHI)  Western Connecticut State College, Danbury, CT

        MS Degree Art Therapy, Bridgeport University, Bridgeport, CT

        Art Teacher’s Certification, Southern Connecticut State College, New Haven, CT


•    Galleries

2009 - 2010 - Cortile  Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2010 - Harvest Gallery, Dennis, MA

2007 - 2008 Wohlfarth Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2006 - Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, MA

2005 - Raffello Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2004 - Thanassi Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2001 - 2004 - Fields Gallery, Provincetown,  MA
 
1980 - 1986 - Gallery One, Hillsdale, NY

1989 - 1996 - Landmark Gallery, Wallingford, CT

1987 - The Brown Pelican, Naples, FL

1977 - Genesis Gallery, NYC

1976 - Newtown Square Gallery, Newtown CT

1977 - Brinsmaid Gallery, New Cannan, CT

1978 - Brinmar Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1978 - The Douglas Gallery, Stamford, CT

1974 - The Hoffman Gallery, Danbury, CT

1972 - The Hastings Little Gallery, The Harvey School, Katonah, NY 


•     Juried Exhibitions

2009 - AWARD WINNER - Honorable Mention, "Seven Poppies", Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable,MA

2003 - 2008 - Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA

1974 - 1980 - Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT (Charter Member)

1974 - 1979 - Kent Art Association, Kent, CT

1980 - Connecticut Classic Artists, Bridgeport, CT

1977 - Heritage Village, Southbury, CT

1977 - New Haven Pencil and Brush, New Haven, CT

1974 - Silvermine Guild Of Artists, 25th New England Exhibition, New Canaan, CT

1974 - Academic Artists Assoc. 25th Annual National Exhibition of Realistic Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
 
1974 - Connecticut Women Artists, 45th Annual Exhibition, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT 

•     Solo Shows

2004       Fields Gallery, Provincetown, CT

1988       Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT

1978       The Silo, New Milford, CT

1975        Ridgefield Public Library, Ridgefield, CT

•    Collections

        US Coast Guard Permanent Collection, Washington, DC

        National Bank, Lee, MA

        Monadnock Paper Mills, Monadnock, NH

        Numerous Private collections

•    Memberships

        PAAM - Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA

        CCAA - Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, MA

        1976 - Designed commemorative medal featuring Benedict Arnold.


Artist's Statement (2007)

Working with Anne Packard, as a graphic designer and publisher (Fields Publishing)…the “Anne Packard” coffee table book…she could feel my yearning to be get back to my paints and brushes. A year long of being exposed to Anne’s art while viewing and editing paintings for her book renewed my longing.

This past summer (2007) Anne invited me to her studio to paint with her. (She was still on crutches from recent hip surgery.)  I picked flowers from her garden and arranged them in a blue ceramic bowl. She sat at her easel, Gail “How can I help you…what do want”? she asked. “I want to work in a totally opposite way from which I was working. No more precise tight paintings.

As I started my 1st painting by applying the paint to the canvas...a pink peony was coming to life…Stop! You’ve made too much of a commitment. Use your biggest brush; block in all the shapes on your canvas. Less is more, capture the essence…say as little as possible, invite the viewer in…let them complete the painting.

Listening, learning, paying attention to Anne’s comments have transformed my tightly controlled precise art. Working with big canvas, big brushes has transformed my paintings into free explosions of expression with color, light, texture.

Anne has guided and inspired me. “Your paintings should speak with your own voice”, “paint paintings not pictures”, “let your painting sing” she reminds me.

I have unveiled my new voice, and my paintings are singing my new songs.
Gail Fields, January 22, 2007


Good news....Since I wrote the above statement I received the exciting news that the “Anne Packard” book, published by Fields Publishing, was named as the winner in the Art category in the 21st Benjamin Franklin Awards from PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association in Recognition of Excellence in Independent Publishing. The winners were announced May 31, 2007 at the awards ceremony in New York City at the conclusion of the PMA, “Publishing University” show.

In addition, I won 1st place for my oil painting “Field Flowers” at the Cape Cod Art Association Members Show (May-June 2007)
Gail Fields,May 23, 2007

MORE GOOD NEWS...I have been invited  by Michael Giaquinto, Exhibitions  



Curator at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis to have a one woman show  



of a my work June 2009. 



Gail Fields, August 10, 2008



















Artist's Statement (2009)  CCMA - "GardenScapes & Landscapes"
In these uncertain times, nothing gives me more joy than to look down
at my palette, alive with colors telling me - - inviting me - -
challenging me. Patiently waiting for me to "Say something, Gail . " 

My palette awaits me - colors full of energy. My canvas sometimes primed
with a color, sometimes pure white. My paint brush or palette knife in
hand. I start my journey. 

Childhood memories and impressions from the past continue to inspire me: 
my keen interest in colors that I experienced in my family's flower gardens, 
walks through fields of wild flowers, and even the elderly lady (I even remember 
her name, Mrs.Lovett.) who presented me with colorful bouquets on my birthdays. 

I invite you, my viewers, to smell these blossoms, to feel the breeze and
sun that caress the petals, to hear the pollinating bees not seen in my
gardens, and to, of course, see the energy of color that interplays
among the paint and the canvas surface. 

My "Fields of Flowers", my "Bouquets , " my "Sunflowers" celebrating life 
and my series of "Paths" are invitations to the viewer to join me in my journey. If I
can bring the viewer into the painting and share a romp through a field
of wild flowers or a walk down a shady lane , I have recreated the
spirit of my childhood that I remember, imagine and frequent today.
These memories have become my paintings. 


Quote from Anne Packard /Provincetown Artist - 
"The glorious flower paintings of Gail Fields - so full of color - always delight me."