(Morristown, NJ, June 2024)—The Morris Museum presents an exhibition of New Jersey-based artist Maureen Chatfield. Maureen Chatfield: Journey and Destination features large-scale works that she renders using broad brush strokes and vibrant colors in a unique blend of Abstract Expressionism and Bay Area Figurative painting. The exhibition will be on view from June 14 through August 18, 2024.
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.
Chatfield studied at the Art Students League, New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, the Fashion Institute of Technology and Hunter College, New York. Maureen Chatfield: Journey and Destination draws from her expansive oeuvre of oil-on-canvas works blending New York Abstract Expressionism and Bay Area Figurative painting. Chatfield is represented by Cavalier Galleries and George Bilis Gallery. She currently teaches landscape painting at the Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, New Jersey.
The exhibition will be featured in State of the Arts! The State of the Arts episode featuring Maureen Chatfield story will premiere (broadcast & online) on Wednesday, September 18 at 8:30 pm.
For more information about the exhibition, please see the digital catalog: https://issuu.com/morrismuseum/docs/maureen_chatfield_final?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ
About the Morris Museum
The Morris Museum—founded in 1913 and located on 8.5 sylvan acres in Morris Township, New Jersey since the mid-1960s—draws visitors from across the region to its dynamic and acclaimed art exhibitions program and performing arts events. Its 45,000+ object collection of art and material culture from around the world joins the art of our time in displays throughout the Museum’s purpose-built spaces and within the historic Twin Oaks mansion, designed by McKim, Mead & White.
Image Caption: Maureen Chatfield, Family Outing, 1999. Oil on canvas. 48 x 48 inches. On loan courtesy of the artist. Image used with permission.
Article courtesy of the Morris Museum.