Steve Field (sculptor)

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

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, and is a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, the Contemporary Glass Society and the British Association of Modern Mosaic. He coordinated Dudley's Millennium Sculpture Trail.

He studied at the University of Sheffield, earning a degree in architecture, and Wolverhampton Polytechnic, where he achieved a masters degree in fine art. He cites his influences as futurism and vorticism, the sculptor Walter Ritchie, 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.

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.

Works

Picture	Work	Location	Date	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Coordinates (With links to map and aerial photo sources)	Owner	Notes
75px	Birth of Pegasus	Brotherton Street, Pye Bank, Sheffield	1977 (1977)	Mural	Dulux paint					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.
75px	Industries of the Lye	Lye	1989 (1989)	Mural						Removed 2010 (2010)
75px	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.
75px	Sunbeam Car Panels	St. John's Retail Park, Wolverhampton	1995 (1995)	Relief	Bronze	3m by 2m		(approx)		(with John McKenna ARBS sculptor)
	The Lone Rider	Penn Road, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton	1996 (1996)	Sculpture	Hoptonwood limestone					Marks the site of the former AJS motorcycle factory. Carved by Robert Bowers, assisted by Michael Scheuermann.
75px	Moonstones	Asda supermarket, Queslett Road, Great Barr	1998 (1998)	Carving	Stone				Asda	Nine stones, depicting members of the Lunar Society
75px	Sleipnir	Hill, overlooking Wednesbury Great Western Street metro stop	1998 (1998)							Depicting Sleipnir, Odin's mythical eight-legged horse
75px	Maypole	Junction of Maypole Street and Windmill Bank, Wombourne	1999 (1999)	Sculpture	Steel				Wombourne Parish Council	Includes mosaic work by Cathryn Ryall.
75px	Salamander in Flames	Flood Street Island, Dudley	2000 (2000)							Part of Dudley Millennium Sculpture Trail. Lettering by Malcolm Sier. Fabrication by Apollo Engineering, Brierley Hill. Depicts a salamander, in reference to salamanders in metallurgy.
75px	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					(with John McKenna ARBS Sculptor)
75px	Fons Juventis	Park Hall Academy, Castle Bromwich	2011 (2011)		Stainless steel				Park Hall Academy	Relief sculpture. Artist's sketch pictured
75px	Civil war sculpture	Stevens Park, Wollescote	2011 (2011)							(with Graham Jones) Depicts Prince Rupert hiding from the Roundheads in the well at Wollescote Hall.
75px	Anamorphic Portico	West Bromwich bus station	1999 (1999)-2002	Mosaic and anamorphic column						Images loosely derived from David Christie Murray's book A Capful o’ Nails.
	Giant pictorial sundial	Measham Millennium Green	2002 (2002)	Sundial						Commemorating Joseph Wilkes.

Bibliography

Field as also written articles about his work:

External links

• Field's LinkedIn profile
• Field's RBSA profile