Photo by David Devine

     Field has lived in Vermont since 1969 when she opened a studio to publish her hand pulled wood block prints. Spencer Field, whom she married in 1974, is partner and business manager. Printmaker Sonja Olson is studio manager.

     Prints by Sabra Field have been the subject of over 50 one person exhibitions since 1960. They have also been included in numerous national and international juried exhibitions. She was represented in XYLON 13, an international exhibition of 200 relief prints which traveled in Europe and North America from 1997-1999.

Tom Slayton presenting St. Johnsbury Athenaeum award for the Arts

Photo by WmB Hoyt “For a remarkable body of work which conveys the extraordinary beauty and complexity of our Vermont landscape”

     Well-known for her woodcuts, she also uses the electronic medium of IRIS ink jet prints, collaborating with Jon Cone of Cone Editions in East Topsham, Vermont. In addition, she has executed numerous commissions in other media such as stained glass and collage. Her favorite commissions remain the landscape designs for hot-air balloon envelopes but she is best known as the designer of the 1991 Vermont Bicentennial stamp.

     Field was named an Extraordinary Vermonter by Governor Kunin in 1991 and received the 1999 Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts from Governor Dean. A complete collection of her prints has been acquired by Middlebury College. Her first retrospective exhibition was held from November 1999 until January 2000 at the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont. Sabra was named a "Living Treasure" by the Shelburne Crafts School in Vermont in 2000 and was one of two, including poet Galway Kinnell, to receive the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum Medal for the Arts in 200l.