Sharon Arts Center announces:

Warfield Bird Carvings on Permanent Display
 

(Sharon, NH)The Sharon Arts Center is delighted to announce the acquisition of the Warfield Birds to its permanent collection.The birds were carved and painted by top wildlife artists Robert and Virginia Warfield and will be on permanent display at the Sharon Arts Center School of Arts and Crafts, 457 Route 123, Sharon, NH.

Robert and Virginia Warfield were two of a handful of artists to develop decorative bird carving.They began in 1965, working for twenty-five years until Robert's death in 1990.In that twenty-five year period the Warfields made over 7,000 birds which were sold in 44 states and 8 foreign countries.

The Warfield birds have been exhibited in Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Academy of Natural Sciences and the Ward Foundation. Warfield Birds are also in the permanent collections of many museums, galleries and homes, including the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History, Denver Museum of Natural History and North American Wildlife Art Museum in Salisbury, MD.

Robert and Virginia Warfield began their career by making furniture together.For twelve years they had a shop and show room, in Littleton, MA called "Littleton Crafts".Robert made the furniture and Virginia finished it.In 1965 the Warfields stopped making furniture and moved to Jaffrey, NH where they began carving birds in a workshop at their home.As they had when making furniture the two worked together, Robert carved the birds from basswood while Virginia woodburned and painted them with oils.The husband and wife team devoted the next twenty-five years to studying birds in their natural habitats in order to perfect their carvings and make them life–like.The public may view the Warfield Collection between 8:30 and 4:30, Monday through Friday at the Sharon Arts Center School in Sharon.