Art Project course gallery No. 10
Art Project: Virtual Research Trip – The Field Museum
Our monthly virtual research trip saw us heading west via our laptops for a browse around the Field Museum in Chicago.
Founded in 1894 with funding by business magnate Marshall Field, the museum is home to one of the largest collections of natural, historical and anthropological artefacts including fossils, taxidermy dioramas, gemstones and objects from across the globe, which participating artists were encouraged to take inspiration from.
Here’s a selection of artwork and prepatory studies made by some of the Art Project course artists taking part in the project.
Look out for another gallery of work coming soon…
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| Jo Melhuish – Northern Red Cardinals Acrylic on paper |
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JC – Tropical Palms |
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JC – Nature’s Glorious Colour
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JC – Prehistoric Leaves Ginkgo I |
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| JC – Prehistoric Leaves Ginkgo II Leaf print , acrylic and oak gall ink on Japanese paper |
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| JC – Ferns , Food Of The Dinosaurs Monoprint, leaf print acrylic and oak gall ink |
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JC – Swan’s Feather (Study after Ruskin) |
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Vanda – Lionfish from the Field Museum, Chicago |
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Maurice – Maximo
Charcoal on coloured paper |
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Maurice – Maximo (Detail)
Acrylic on paper
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Sylvie Fenton – Le Scarabée (inspired by Richard Roux)
Acrylic on paper
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Chris – Regal Fritillary
Acrylic
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Chris – Butterfly Abstract
Acrylic on paper (digitally mastered)
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Acrylic
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Lynn – Just Chillin’
Graphite on paper
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Jane Goddard – Zhongli Khan, a wood carving
(A set of these figures is displayed at the Field Museum, this one is mine.) Graphite on paper |
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| Harriet – Status Symbols for the Afterlife (inspired by China neolithic period, Field Museum, Chicago) Digital print |
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Harriet – Status Symbols for the Afterlife
(inspired by China neolithic period, Field Museum, Chicago)
Digital print
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Harriet – Status Symbols for the Afterlife
(United Kingdom 2020; inspired by article in Tatler magazine)
Digital print
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Harriet – Status Symbols for the Afterlife
(United Kingdom 2020; inspired by article in Tatler magazine) Digital print |
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Harriet – Status Symbols for the Afterlife
(The Afterlife) Digital print |
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Hilary – ” …and some people don’t like bats either” (Inspired by The manuals of Luzon Island; orange fingered bat. Larry Heaney & Velizar Simeonovski)
Acrylic on paper |
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Hilary – Feathers (Inspired by Feathers & Our Feathered Friends
by Shannon Hackett) Acrylic on paper
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Tony Townshend – Birds of a Feather (Work in Progress)
Watercolour
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Christie Archer – Water Irises with Butterflies (inspired by my garden pond with Irises, Van Gogh’s Irises and Carolina Parrot) |
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Dieter – Le Touraco Buffon, male (Oppenheimer Field Museum)
Acrylic on paper
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Dieter – Apsáalooke (Crow) Courage and Strength (Field Museum)
Acrylic on paper
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Paula – Design for a Poncho
Based on a hand-carved gourd called “mate” from Huancayo, Peru (After Inca Poncho in the Field Museum) Acrylic and gouache on Paper |
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Jill T – That’s a big baby! Baby mammoth |
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Jill T – Social Distancing Dinosaurs |