Maverick Point (Utah)
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 viewpoint on Elk Mountain Road near Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah. Some painting names I use as codes. For example, Bryce as in Bryce Canyon with its coral-colored cliff has become my code for pink. Here too, is a painting with a palate that takes my mind to Utah.
– Chase Langford