The Mood Room · Violet Fields
Violet Fields Enter a
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Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Violet Fields
The Geometry of Faith West Oakland provides the backdrop for a life defined by the intersection of the spiritual and the visual. Born in 1951, Violet Fields grew up in a household where devotion was a constant, a foundation that would eventually dictate the direction of her brushstrokes. Her practice is not a pursuit of mere decoration but an act of communication with higher sources. She approaches the canvas through the lens of her fa
ith, translating the intangible concepts of service and spirituality into a physical language of form and color. The compositions are characterized by irregular geometric shapes and lines that refuse to settle into simple patterns. She works with a palette of pale pastels and sandstone colors, creating a sense of quietude. Her technique involves a deliberate layering of colored pencils and pastels over paint, a process that builds a s…
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