Steve Field (sculptor)

Steve Field
RBSA
Born Stephen Field
(1954-05-03) 3 May 1954
Saltash, Cornwall, England
Nationality English
Occupation

Stephen (Steve) Field RBSA (born 3 May 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.

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.[7]

Works

Picture Work Location Date Type Material Dimensions Designation Coordinates
(With links to map and aerial photo sources)		 Owner Notes
Birth of Pegasus Brotherton Street, Pye Bank, Sheffield 1977 (1977) Mural Dulux paint 53°23′41″N 1°27′50″W / 53.39476°N 1.46397°W / 53.39476; -1.46397 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.[8][9]
Industries of the Lye Lye 1989 (1989) Mural [10] Removed 2010 (2010)
Cameo Stourbridge bus interchange 1994 (1994) Mosaics and anamorphic columns Centro Mosaics of a grey heron and a cockerel, based on cameo glass from nearby Broadfield House Glass Museum.[11]
Sunbeam Car Panels St. John's Retail Park, Wolverhampton 1995 (1995) Relief Bronze 3m by 2m 52°34′47″N 2°07′38″W / 52.57963°N 2.12734°W / 52.57963; -2.12734 (approx) (with John McKenna ARBS sculptor)[7]
The Lone Rider Penn Road, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton 1996 (1996) Sculpture Hoptonwood limestone 52°34′33″N 2°08′09″W / 52.575861°N 2.135798°W / 52.575861; -2.135798 Marks the site of the former AJS motorcycle factory. Carved by Robert Bowers, assisted by Michael Scheuermann.[7][12]
Moonstones Asda supermarket, Queslett Road, Great Barr 1998 (1998) Carving Stone 52°33′09″N 1°54′32″W / 52.5526°N 1.9088°W / 52.5526; -1.9088 Asda Nine stones, depicting members of the Lunar Society[13]
Sleipnir Hill, overlooking Wednesbury Great Western Street metro stop 1998 (1998) 52°32′50″N 2°01′35″W / 52.5471°N 2.0265°W / 52.5471; -2.0265 Depicting Sleipnir, Odin's mythical eight-legged horse[14]
Maypole Junction of Maypole Street and Windmill Bank, Wombourne 1999 (1999) Sculpture Steel 52°32′09″N 2°11′09″W / 52.535930°N 2.185844°W / 52.535930; -2.185844 Wombourne Parish Council Includes mosaic work by Cathryn Ryall.[7][15]
Salamander in Flames Flood Street Island, Dudley 2000 (2000) 52°30′26″N 2°04′51″W / 52.507196°N 2.080847°W / 52.507196; -2.080847 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.
Fleet Air Arm Memorial National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas 2009 (2009) Granite, on a Portland stone base
Hovering Kestrel Citadel Logistics Centre, Bilston 2011 (2011) Stainless steel 52°34′06″N 2°03′19″W / 52.568469°N 2.055257°W / 52.568469; -2.055257 (with John McKenna ARBS Sculptor)
Fons Juventis Park Hall Academy, Castle Bromwich 2011 (2011) Stainless steel Park Hall Academy Relief sculpture. Artist's sketch pictured
Civil war sculpture Stevens Park, Wollescote 2011 (2011) (with Graham Jones)[16] Depicts Prince Rupert hiding from the Roundheads in the well at Wollescote Hall.
Anamorphic Portico West Bromwich bus station 1999 (1999)-2002 Mosaic and anamorphic column 52°31′02″N 1°59′42″W / 52.517276°N 1.99499°W / 52.517276; -1.99499 Images loosely derived from David Christie Murray's book A Capful o’ Nails.[4][11]
Giant pictorial sundial Measham Millennium Green 2002 (2002) Sundial 52°42′13″N 1°30′32″W / 52.703583°N 1.508779°W / 52.703583; -1.508779 Commemorating Joseph Wilkes.[4][17]

Bibliography

Field as also written articles about his work:

References

  1. 1 2 "Public Art". Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Millennium Sculpture Trail - Flood Street Island". BBC Online. 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Stephen Field". Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Mosaic Image - About Us". Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Dudley Millennium Sculpture Trail". BBC Online. 2003. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Suart, Paul (2011-07-20). "EMOTIONAL RETURN TO MARK 60 YEARS". Birmingham Evening Mail. Retrieved 2013-10-18 – via HighBeam. (subscription required (help)).
  7. 1 2 3 4 Noszlopy, George Thomas; Waterhouse, Fiona (2005-01-01). Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 9780853239895.
  8. ↑ "Field, Steve: 'Pegasus' mural". Public Art Research Archive. Sheffield Hallam University. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Mythical mural". Burngreave Messenger. October 2006. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  10. ↑ Bennett, John (1990). Public Art Guide. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. p. 41. ISBN 0900911271.
  11. 1 2 "Anamorphic Mosaics". Mosaic Image. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  12. ↑ "The Lone Rider". The Lone Rider. Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  13. ↑ Noszlopy, George T. (1998). Public Sculpture of Birmingham. Jeremy Beach (ed.). Liverpool University Press. ISBN 0853236925.
  14. ↑ "'SILLY' STATUE SPARKS ROW; Horse sculptor defends work.". Birmingham Evening Mail. 1998-07-08 – via HighBeam. (subscription required (help)).
  15. ↑ "Maypole". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  16. ↑ "Park sculpture immortalises moment in Stourbridge history". Stourbridge News. 2011-09-12. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  17. ↑ "Sundials". Mosaic Image. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
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