Biography

My paintings are intuitive responses to the myriad forces that shape my life—emotions that translate into color, visual memories of forms and color relationships found in the landscape, and personal stories from my past. I have painted consistently since childhood, starting with oils, and am currently painting with acrylics as well which enables me to create multiple layers rapidly without muddying my palette. The work process is one of constant experiment and change— building layers of color, form and image on the canvas revealing the underlying pentimento. My paintings are not planned, they are discovered, an evolution that is exciting and invigorating.
Of my four current series, Ether is the more interior, emerging directly from what is in my head, while Landscapes arises from direct experience—what I see in nature, captured by my internal camera and explosively transformed. Out of My Mind and Little Jewels also focuses on direct experience; however, the experience is of human nature- relationships- childhood memories, family outings. Together these series form a body of work that transcends topicality and embraces an ever-expanding approach to art that reflects a desire to spread joy and beauty through the transformative power of the creative process.
I am currently teaching the Modern Landscape at Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ
Private and Corporate Collections
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Paintings rented for television series:
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Necessary Roughness
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Halt and Catch Fire
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Homeland
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Rosenberg Collections, NY
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Kimmelman Collection, NY
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Levy Collection, New York, NY
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Johnson Collection, Far Hills, NJ and New York, NY
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Colby Britton Collection, NJ
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Cox Collection, Board Member Whitney Museum, NY
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Decca Records, New York, NY and Los Angeles
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Habsburg Collection, Palm Beach, FL
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Washburn Collection, Naples, FL
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Mr. and Mrs. L. Merck Collection, NJ
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Kean Collection, New York, NY
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P.L. Kennedy Collection, East Hampton, NY
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Edward Tuck Collection, New York, NY
Exhibitions
2024
October 2024 Morris Museum (Smithsonian Affiliate)
6 Normandy Heights, Morristown, NJ
Solo Exhibition, a retrospective of Maureen Chatfield's expansive oeuvre.
"The exhibition will explore the evolution of Chatfield's body of work, taking visitors on a visual journey through her transformative contemporary art work, in the process revealing the artist behind the brush"
the exhibition will run October 2024 through January 2025.
2023 May 17 solo exhibition "As I See It"
Art & Home KL SOTHEBY'S
May -July, installation May 17
Meet the Artist - June 8, 4-7
55 South Street, Morristown, NJ
2022
December 1-3, 2022 | Art Basel, Miami, Red Dot, George Billis Gallery
July 7 - August 5 | George Billis Gallery, Group Show - 8 WOMEN, Westport, CT.
2019
Art Miami. Dec 4-9. Miami, Florida - J. Cacciola Group Show, December, Bernardsville, NJ
2018
June 4 - September 22 / Rosenberg and Co. Gallery, 19 East 66th Street, NYC, "5 Contemporary Artists "
May 2 / Art Miami LLC, Piers 92-94, New York, Art New York
April 13-May 11 / J. Cacciola Gallery, Solo Exhibition
January - February / Rosenberg Gallery, Space & Form
2017
September - January, Rosenberg & Co.,19 East 66th Street, New York, NY, A Different Medium, Group exhibition, Juried Show, Hunterdon Art Museum, First Prize; Curator, Mary Birmingham
August - National Association of Women Artist est. 1889., Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery, New York, New York, Juror for the Members Show for NAWA
July - Rosenberg & Co., New York, New York, Exhibited at the South Hampton Art Fair
June - September, Rosenberg & Co., New York, New York, Patterns in Time, Solo Exhibition
May - Rosenberg Group & Co., Armory, Park Avenue, New York, Spring Masters Show
May - Pier 94, New York, NY, ART NEW YORK
February 14-20 - Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show
2016
February, Rosenberg Group & Co., Group Show, Still Life Exhibition, Variations on a Theme
August, National Association for Woman Painters,315 West 39th St. New York, NY, JUDGE (one of three) for exhibition.; Judge selection process takes one year and as such the NAWA annual catalog is archived with the following organizations: , the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NYC, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, the Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Smithsonian Institution Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago, Frick Art reference Library, New York Public Library, Library of Congress
June, Rosenberg & Co., South Hampton, NY, Art Southampton 2016
June-September, Rosenberg & Co.,19 East 66th Street, New York, NY, Maureen Chatfield: Patterns in Time
May, Rosenberg & Co., Armory 67th and Park Avenue, Spring Masters Show
March-April Rosenberg & Co., 19 East 66th Street, New York, NY, Group Exhibition, Still Life Show
2015
Rosenberg & Co. Gallery, Park Avenue at 67th, New York, The International Armory show of Fine Art & Antiques
July-September, Rosenberg & Co. Gallery, New York, Solo Exhibition
June, Cavallier Galleries, Rosenberg & Co.,Greenwich, 405 Greenwich Avenue, Summer Selections, Group exhibition
May-July, Rosenberg & Co. Gallery, 19E. 66th Street, New York, Collages
February, Rosenberg & Co. Gallery, 19E. 66th Street, New York, Group show
July-August, Hunterdon Art Museum 7 Lower Center St, Clinton, NJ, Group Exhibition of Museum Staff
April-May, Cavallier Galleries, Rosenberg & Co., 405 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, Spring Forward, Group exhibition
2014
February, Lambertville Historical Society, Show curated by Ross Mitchell of the Barnes Foundation
2013
May-June Anne Irwin Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Group exhibition
May-June, s.h.e Gallery, 819 Main St, Boonton, NJ, Solo Exhibition
July-September, Hunterdon Art Museum,7 Lower Center St, Clinton, NJ, Teaching Staff Exhibition
2012
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, 68 Elm St, Summit, NJ, Group Exhibition
July-September, Chubb International Headquarters, Warren, NJ, Solo Exhibition
s.h.e Gallery, 819 Main St, Boonton, NJ, Abstract Expressionism in a Postmodern World
Palm Beach Palm Beach, FL, ART EXPO
October-November, Anne Irwin Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Life In The Abstract
Robert Sullivan Gallery, 9 Olcott Square, Bernardsville, NJ, Solo Exhibition
June 7-July 7, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
Calalier Galleries Greenwich, Ct Nantucket, MA, Group exhibition
2011
October, Coryell Gallery, Lambertville, NJ, Palm Beach International Art Fair
October, Atelier Gallery, Private Showing
September, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, Best in Show
September 9th-30th, Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission, Stockton, NJ, Invitational Exhibition
May, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY, Out of My Mind series
December 2nd-January 12th, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
2010
September 8th-October 26th, DTR Modern, Newbury Street, Boston, Rediscovering Abstract Expressionism
October Hunterdon Art Museum Exhibition, Clinton, NJ
Johnson and Johnson World Wide Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ
December 2-January 12, 2010 Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
March, Cavalier Galleries, Greenwich, CT, Group Landscapes Show
April, Burnt Mills Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ, Solo Exhibition: Larger than Life
Mansions in May, Morristown, NJ, Designer Showcase
Burnt Mills Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ, Solo Exhibition

2009
Kips Bay Decorator Show House, 22 East 71st. Street, New York, NY, Litchen Craig rooms
2006
Riverside Studio, Far Hills, NJ, Solo Exhibition
2005
Tewksbury Historical Society Art Show Award, Landscapes
1996
Mountain Art Show, Bernardsville, NJ, Award
1995
The Artists Magazine national competition, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, Members Show, Award
Mountain Art Show, Bernardsville, NJ, Award
1990
Lamington Art Show, Bedminster, NJ, Award
Tewksbury Historical Society Art Show, Tewksbury, NJ, Award
Flat Rock Brook Group Wildlife Invitational Show, Englewood, NJ not juried
1988
Riverside Studio, Far Hills, NJ, Solo Exhibition
1976
United Nation’s Invitational Spring Art Show, to benefit UNICEF
Education
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Art Students League, NY
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
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Fashion Institute of Technology, NY
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Hunter College, NY
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Studied with Jean Buckly, Ron Lent, Robert Saxton, Stuart Shils.