Gibraltar
Chase Langford’s oil paintings merge his topographical sensibilities with an abstract focus on color and texture. His style is recognizable, with undulating repetitions of form suggesting sediment, earth, and geological formations. With a color sensibility that is both vivid and nostalgic, Langford’s work hints at his experience as a professional cartographer. Yet instead of depictions of place, Langford captures the emotions inspired by and named after places such as Blake Island in the Puget Sound, Miramar Beach on Florida’s coast, and the Farallon Islands off the coast of San Francisco.
A British territory located on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula between Spain and Morocco. This magnificent rock outcropping jutting out into the strait of the same name is a dramatic setting pitting the land against the sea. Here the water currents swirl and twist, navigating around this extrusion. – Chase Langford
