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Elizabeth Anfield (20/21st century) is active/lives in New Mexico, New York.  Elizabeth Anfield is known for Landscape, Still Life, Figural, Azeotropism.

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 Elizabeth Anfield has always been interested in both science and the arts.  Born in Atlanta, Georgia, her father was a rocket scientist and her mother was an artist.  Ms. Anfield received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Indiana University and went on to get her Master's in chemistry from UCLA.  In 1978, she married a fellow scientist, Dr. R. Tom Baker and two years later their first child, Noah was born.   Three years later their daughter, Anik was born and Ms. Anfield never went back to work in the sciences.   Azeotropism was developed out of her love for chemistry and her understanding that different solvents would affect the character of the oil paints.  Through experimentation, she has learned to control the various reactions exhibited by the paints and can use these reactions to create unique textures on the canvas. While studying chemistry at Indiana, Ms. Anfield fell in love with the opera and studied music alongside chemistry.  After her   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6833 characters.]  Artist bio

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Elizabeth Anfield has always been interested in both science and the arts.  Born in Atlanta, Georgia, her father was a rocket scientist and her mother was an artist.  Ms. Anfield received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Indiana University and went on to get her Master's in chemistry from UCLA.  In 1978, she married a fellow scientist, Dr. R. Tom Baker and two years later their first child, Noah was born.   Three years later their daughter, Anik was born and Ms. Anfield never went back to work in the sciences.   Azeotropism was developed out of her love for chemistry and her understanding that different solvents would affect the character of the oil paints.  Through experimentation, she has learned to control the various reactions exhibited by the paints and can use these reactions to create unique textures on the canvas. While studying chemistry at Indiana, Ms. Anfield fell in love with the opera and studied music alongside chemistry.  After her children were old enough to go to school, she began a career at the opera.  She often did scenic artistry as well as singing, producing and stage managing.  Ms. Anfield studied voice in New York City and it was there that she met and visited the studio of Russian master Mikhail Turovsky who had at the time just finished an incredible cycle of paintings concerning the Holocaust.  Ms. Anfield was so impressed with his portrayal of emotion that she began to help him promote this cycle of paintings.  In return for this help, Mr. Turovsky agreed to teach Ms. Anfield to draw and eventually encouraged her to give up music and pursue painting full time.  She agreed and became an apprentice in the Turovsky studio, studying drawing for the first four years and adding painting the last three.  Over these seven years the small Turovsky school made several art pilgrimages to Toledo, Venice, St. Tropez and Paris and Elizabeth learned how necessary it is for an artist to be always improving their technique and expanding their subject matter.  This led to her penchant for landscapes and the development of azeotropism. Since leaving Turovsky's studio, she has developed a process that allows her to brighten azeotropic paintings and has begun painting animals as well.    After ten years in New York, Ms. Anfield moved to the Santa Fe area in 1996 and has continued to pursue painting in New Mexico.  She has participated in both group and one woman exhibitions in and around Santa Fe.  Continuing to develop azeotropism, Ms. Anfield endeavors to create paintings that are filled with tender colors and poetic subjects.

Lived: 20/21st century

Region: New Mexico, New York

Studied:
Mikhail Turovsky, NYC, NY: 1986 - 1996

Professions: Painter

Book References:
2008, Robert Bell 100 Santa Fe Etchers, 200 pages
2007, Elizabeth Anfield Elizabeth Anfield - Portrait of Azeotropisim, 100 pages (color)

Memberships:
National Museum for Women in the Arts

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