Color Field - Abstract Green and Yellow by Patricia Gren Hayes Acrylic on Canvas

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Color Field - Abstract Green and Yellow by Patricia Gren Hayes Acrylic on Canvas

Color Field abstract composition by Bay … Read more Color Field - Abstract Green and Yellow by Patricia Gren Hayes Acrylic on Canvas

Color Field abstract composition by Bay Area artist Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932). Wide brushstrokes of slightly transparent paint overlap to create a dynamic abstract composition. Greens and yellows make up the majority of the piece, but patches of dark blue, blue grey, and peach add contrast. Color Field painting is a term initially coined by art critic Clement Greenberg, and used to describe the works by Abstract Expressionist painters such as Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman. These artists composed their paintings with broad expanses of saturated color. In his essay on Color Field painting, Greenberg wrote:

Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
No frame.
Canvas size: 32"H x 32"W.
Provenance, Larry Miller Fine Art, Estate of Larry Miller to Robert Azensky Fine Art.
Larry Miller 1958-2003, Larry was a specialist in bay area abstract artists and purchased numerous bay area artists estates.


Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement artist who studied at Winnipeg Public Art School in 1950. She received early recognition in Museum and Gallery competitions and exhibitions and was awarded a Special Education in Art recognition by the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art, and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff College of Fine Art. Further studies were at The University of Manitoba.

She was a Member of Winnipeg Free Press Sketch Club and was a Cartoonist and paste-up for a French-English bi-weekly, in Eastern Canada;

She studied outdoor impressionism in New York in 1960; in 1962, attended The California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 1976 B.A., U.C. Berkeley where she studied under Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Joan Brown, Felix Ruvolo, Yolanda Lopez and Vincent Perez.

She started a freelance commercial art business in 1963; copyrighted a National Cartoon, 1976, and served as Exhibition Director for San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976-1978. She was a workshop instructor at the San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery, 1977-1985; and was Manager/Owner Stanton Art Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982.

Solo Exhibitions:
Berkeley Marina, 1974;
Oakland Center for The Visual Arts, "Images of Women", 1979

Group Exhibitions:
Oakland's Dept of Education, 1963, Studio One;
Alameda County Fair, 1975, 1976, 1978;
San Francisco Art Festival, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978;
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, 1977, 1978;
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Exhibition, award winner - 1970, 1977, 1978;
Hayward Bay Fair Art Festival, award winner - 1971;
Capricorn Assunder Gallery, 1973;
Oakland Art Festival, 1973, 1974;
Alameda Art Association, 1978;
El Cerrito Art Association, 1979;
Delta Art Annual, 1986;
San Francisco Woman's Gallery, 1976-1982;
Stanton Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982;
2nd Annual Bay Area Women's Graphic Art Competition, Los Gatos, CA, 1979 See less