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LIKE the smooth, stiff surface
of panels and metal,” she
says. “Sometimes I under-paint
the entire canvas and
that decision just depends
on the palette of colors I’ll be
using. I’ll sketch in the design of the
painting in dark blue or a red umber.
Then I’ll just start blocking in my dark
and light values. I try not to overwork
a painting and stop when I think I’ve
said what I wanted to say or achieved
what I wanted to achieve.”
In one of her newer pieces, “Moon
Over Cape Fear,” Sheffield plays with
mood and abstraction. The painting
depicts the shockingly bright moon
of the title in the top left corner of
the canvas. Swirling sections of blues,
greens and dark purples surround it
and the moon casts golden rays into
their midst. These swathes of dreamy,
cool colors could depict a churn-ing
ocean or an active, cloudy night
sky. The misty application of white
accent paint is both the foam at the
end of breaking waves and wisps on
the edges of fluffy clouds. This, along
with the framing of the composition,
allows it to be interpreted either as
the night sky or as its reflection on the
water’s surface.
The painting is beautiful and a bit
eerie and it showcases Sheffield’s
talent for imbuing everyday scenes
with intellectual and emotional depth
and crafting a widely meaningful and
relatable image. She says that simple
beauty is something she looks for.
“I like finding beauty in ordinary
subjects,” she says. “I get excited when
I find a common scene or object —
such as a storefront, a coat rack, a
single tree — has been elevated to
the ‘uncommon’ by some act of light,
atmosphere or perspective.”
Sheffield has a studio and gallery
space in the Brooklyn Arts District of
Wilmington, where her work can be
seen by appointment.
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