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.
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
Works listed alphabetically.
Credits: All images courtesy of the artist.
Back Yard
Circa 2017, Oil on canvas, 18 x 12 inches. On loan courtesy of the artist.
Breaking Free
2022, Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches. Private Collection.
Cherry Blossoms
2017, Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches. Private collection.
Devil Child
2002, Oil on canvas, 72 x 60 inches. Private collection.
End of the Day
2016, Oil on canvas, 12 x 12 inches.
On loan courtesy of the artist.
Family Outing
1999,
loan courtesy of the artist.
Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches. On
Gin Ricky
2010, Oil on canvas, 60 x 72 inches. Private collection.
Hither and Yon
2015, Oil on canvas, 12 x 20 inches. Private collection.
Isle of Palms
2023, Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches. On loan courtesy of the artist.
Leaving los
2000, Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches. Private collection.
Mercury Rising
2023, Oil on canvas, 28 x 22 inches. On loan courtesy of the artist.
Middle Earth
2015, Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches. Private collection.
Money Honey
2001, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 inches. Private collection.
Night in Sciacca
2000, Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches. Private collection.
Pink Toes
2024, Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches. On loan courtesy of the artist.
Sand and Sea
2023, Oil on canvas, 22 x 28 inches.
On loan courtesy of the artist.
Violets
2022, Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches.
On loan courtesy of the artist.
Wild Things
1999,
On loan courtesy of the artist.
Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches.