Tulips

Michele Elizabeth Field's "Tulips," painted in 2006, is a vibrant example of her later work. While the provided artist source data primarily highlights her linocuts and oil paintings from earlier periods, particularly those addressing social themes like "Sharecropper" and "Civil Rights Congress," "Tulips" demonstrates a shift or expansion into more traditional still life subjects. Given her birth year of 1953, Field would have been 53 years old when she created this piece, a plausible age for an artist to explore new themes or refine existing ones. Without specific details on her artistic evolution beyond the linocuts, we can infer that "Tulips" likely showcases her mastery of color and form, applied to a classic floral motif. This painting, now part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust collection, offers a moment of beauty and contemplation, perhaps a departure from the more overtly political or narrative works seen in her earlier career.