Maureen Chatfield Journey and Destination - Catalog

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Maureen Chatfield Journey and Destination

June 14 – September 29, 2024

Maureen Chatfield, Family Outing, 1999, Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches. Image used with permission.

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Foreword Contemporary New Jersey-based artist Maureen Chatfield renders large-scale works using broad brush strokes and vibrant colors in a unique blend of Abstract Expressionism and Bay Area Figurative painting.

In this exhibition, works drawn from Chatfield’s extensive oeuvre investigate journeys remembered and destinations experienced. Oversized oil on canvas paintings dating from 1999-2002 are from the artist’s self-titled “Out of My Mind” series, in which visual narratives explore humorous and emotional memories of family outings and travel adventures.

These reflections on relationships and universal experiences are exhibited alongside colorful landscapes from her “Abstract” series that capture moments of discovery and delight in vistas that are both intimate and expansive. Intuition and spontaneity drive Maureen Chatfield’s artistic process, breaking free of convention as experiments in balance and harmony.

Maureen Chatfield studied at the Art Students League, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and Hunter College. The artist teaches landscape painting at the Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, New Jersey and is represented by Cavalier Galleries and George Bilis Gallery.

Anne Ricculli, Ph.D., Exhibition Curator Director of Exhibits and Collections Morris Museum

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Works listed alphabetically.

Credits: All images courtesy of the artist.

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Back Yard

Circa 2017, Oil on canvas, 18 x 12 inches.

On loan courtesy of the artist.

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Breaking Free

2022, Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches.

Private Collection.

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Cherry Blossoms

2017, Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches.

Private collection.

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Devil Child

2002, Oil on canvas, 72 x 60 inches.

Private collection.

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End of the Day

2016, Oil on canvas, 12 x 12 inches.

On loan courtesy of the artist.

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Family Outing

1999, Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches.

On loan courtesy of the artist.

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Gin Ricky

2010, Oil on canvas, 60 x 72 inches.

Private collection.

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Hither and Yon

2015, Oil on canvas, 12 x 20 inches.

Private collection.

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Isle of Palms

2023, Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches.

On loan courtesy of the artist.

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Leaving los

2000, Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches.

Private collection.

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Mercury Rising

2023, Oil on canvas, 28 x 22 inches.

On loan courtesy of the artist.

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Middle Earth

2015, Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches.

Private collection.

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Money Honey

2001, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 inches.

Private collection.

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Night in Sciacca

2000, Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches.

Private collection.

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Pink Toes

2024, Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches.

On loan courtesy of the artist.

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Sand and Sea

2023, Oil on canvas, 22 x 28 inches.

On loan courtesy of the artist.

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Violets

2022, Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches.

On loan courtesy of the artist.

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Wild Things

1999, Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches.

On loan courtesy of the artist.