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1944 Herington, Kansas - 2005 Shelter Island, New York. Known for: Collage, abstraction, graphics, prints.
Rejecting painting with oil, he created colorful collages from various materials (cloth, thread, etc.), attached to unstretched canvas and colored with acrylic paint. While some of his work recalls... Read full biography
Rejecting painting with oil, he created colorful collages from various materials (cloth, thread, etc.), attached to unstretched canvas and colored with acrylic paint. While some of his work recalls the psychedelic 1960s, others reflect the colors of his country childhood, and his spirit of... Read full biography
Rejecting painting with oil, he created colorful collages from various materials (cloth, thread, etc.), attached to unstretched canvas and colored with acrylic paint. While some of his work recalls the psychedelic 1960s, others reflect the colors of his country childhood, and his spirit of adventure. Shields was born in 1944 in Harrington, Kansas, and grew up on the family farm. It is here where he picked up his sewing skills, later used in his collages, from his mother and sisters. For a... Read full biography
Rejecting painting with oil, he created colorful collages from various materials (cloth, thread, etc.), attached to unstretched canvas and colored with acrylic paint. While some of his work recalls the psychedelic 1960s, others reflect the colors of his country childhood, and his spirit of adventure. Shields was born in 1944 in Harrington, Kansas, and grew up on the family farm. It is here where he picked up his sewing skills, later used in his collages, from his mother and sisters. For a while, he studied engineering, and from 1963 to 1966 theater and art at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. In 1966, he left for New York City without graduating, and began working as an artist. He acted and designed stage sets during summer... Read full biography
Rejecting painting with oil, he created colorful collages from various materials (cloth, thread, etc.), attached to unstretched canvas and colored with acrylic paint. While some of his work recalls the psychedelic 1960s, others reflect the colors of his country childhood, and his spirit of adventure. Shields was born in 1944 in Harrington, Kansas, and grew up on the family farm. It is here where he picked up his sewing skills, later used in his collages, from his mother and sisters. For a while, he studied engineering, and from 1963 to 1966 theater and art at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. In 1966, he left for New York City without graduating, and began working as an artist. He acted and designed stage sets during summer workshops at the University of Maine (1966-1967), and had his first show at the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York in 1969... Read full biography
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- Review of ExhibitionsJanuary 2001Editors, Art in AmericaArt in America
- ReviewsDecember 2000Editors, ARTnewsARTnews
- Review of ExhibitionsOctober 1999Editors, Art in AmericaArt in America
- ReviewsJune 1999EditorsARTnews