Patricia Warfield

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 developed a whole new medium by melting mylar with a torch, to achieve unique, three-dimensional sculptural effects. Over the years she expanded her range to new subject matter exploring these subjects through several in-depth series in all media and sizes. These included figurative work, landscapes and the natural world, the animal world, and erotica. She produced a large body of work, from the miniature to the monumental. Significant projects included a 27’ pastel mural of the Jackson Hole Rodeo, 135 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 2000.

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 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; Stoneledge Gallery, Noank, CT; Silvermine Guild of Artists; Art Place, Westport, CT; Private Collector’s Gallery, Cork, Ireland; Galleria de Bellardo, New York, NY, and North Truro Art Gallery, Truro, MA.

Her Exhibitions included: The New York Yacht Club, New York, NY; Harbour Court, Newport, RI; The Union League Club Gallery, NY. NY; Rooms With a View, Southport, CT; Seaman’s Church Institute Gallery, New York, NY; Mystic Art Association, Mystic, CT; Old Lyme Academy of Art, Old Lyme, CT; The National Audubon Society, Greenwich, CT; The Connecticut Audubon Society, Glastonbury, CT. Warfield exhibited in over five One/Two -Man Shows, and 50 Group Exhibitions at Silvermine Guild of Art, Norwalk, CT, and in over 50 Group Exhibitions at Wooster Art Center in Danbury, CT. She also participated in over 75 Juried Exhibitions from 1957 to 2016. Some of these included Art of the Northeast; Springfield Art League; New England Print Exhibit; New Haven Festival of Art

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; Ocean House Resort, Watch Hill, Rhode Island