Hayley Field

About The Artist

Hayley Field's work has been exhibited at The Cut on several occasions.

First showing in 2012, then in January/February 2020, an exhibition of paintings.

Work by Hayley Field was also included in the For Folk Sake exhibition at The Cut, October/November 2024.

For Folk Sake was curated by Alexander Costello & Rebecca Riess and featured the work of 34 Suffolk artists.

Hayley Field’s work was included in the COLOUR online exhibition curated during the pandemic lockdowns in 2020/21.

Hayley Field, in an article for an exhibition at The Cut, said

I began making ‘colour maps’ nearly three years ago when I was working in residence in Mary Potter’s house and studio in Aldeburgh, as a response to the surrounding landscape. Once back in my own studio I began to make them of the view from the window, across the river Deben to Suffon Hoo. I gradually developed their format to become an analysis in one sitting of the colours I observed, making a vertical journey – river to sky or sky to river – including the water, mud, islands, river bank, land, trees and sky. I enjoy the complexity of understanding and describing the colours and the intense, deep focus it requires.

The pencil notes record the pigments I have mixed to make the colours, and the date. What started as documentation has become an ongoing, cumulative piece of work. I have exhibited it three times to date – each time in a different way – gridded, a section of the whole, and in a line.

During lockdown I have been making colour maps from a room in my home, with a view to the river Deben, through trees and across fields.

Hayley Field, article for an exhibition at The Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk

Exhibitions Featuring Hayley Field