Chase Langford has invented a distinctive visual language that is grounded in the natural and built environment while embarking into uncharted territory. His impactful depictions recall maps and aerial photography of sea coasts, mountains, farmland and cities through a calculated execution and highly refined draftsmanship.
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940–70) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both near and far. Through his cartographic mastery, Langford contorts and synthesizes geographic elements, bringing forth paintings that are mysteriously familiar yet surprisingly unconventional. They challenge conventions of geography and landscapes, offering invigorating visions of space and place that transcend any specific locale, leading us to an exhilarating emotional experience.
Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Langford is a Los Angeles-based artist well known for his geographically inspired paintings. He studied cartography earning a BA from UC Santa Barbara in geography then worked as a cartographer at UCLA. Starting with his “Map Paintings,” Langford literally reinterpreted geography by taking selected features from maps and filled in the reconfigured shapes in a flurry of color and movement creating a fresh take on familiar geographic forms. This was followed with a series that moved even deeper into pure abstraction with his “Coldwater,” “Mulholland,” and “Scrape” series, which all lead to his “Morphic” series, now the core focus of his painting today.
Langford’s paintings have been widely shown at one-person and group exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York City, Washington D.C., Montreal, Palo Alto, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Napa Valley, Seattle, and Palm Springs, and are included many corporate/public collections (often site-specific commissions) such as Long Beach Museum of Art, Keck School of Medicine at USC, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, the Star City in Sydney, Australia, and more. Langford’s work is held in private collections in North America, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, and Australia. It is also in the private collections of Magic Johnson and the Saudi royal family.
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Saddle Junction 23
By Chase Langford
Located in Napa, CA
Inspired by cartography from an early age, Chase Langford’s abstract paintings transform the familiarity of cities and maps into fluid visions, evoking the feeling of the location wi...
Canvas, Oil
Saddle Junction 24
By Chase Langford
Located in Napa, CA
Inspired by cartography from an early age, Chase Langford’s abstract paintings transform the familiarity of cities and maps into fluid visions, evoking the feeling of the location with carefully selected color and precise shapes. In the 1980’s, after studying cartography at UC Santa Barbara and drawing maps for the UCLA faculty, Langford began exploring ways to combine his mastery of map-making with his love of fine art. In his original map paintings, Langford reinterprets geography by taking selected features from maps and filling in the reconfigured shapes with flurries of color, exploring varied locations such as Essex, England and the Galapagos Islands...
Canvas, Oil
$1,794
H 21.26 in W 40.95 in D 1.18 in
Oil Tapestry #3, Original Painting, Floral, Abstract art, Blue, Green, White
By Catherine Ruth Church
Located in Deddington, GB
The third in my tapestry oil paintings - playing with subtle colours and not overdoing the lines - keeping it loose. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Oil, Pencil on Canvas 4 H x 2.98 W x 2.9...
Canvas, Oil
$9,662
H 59.06 in W 78.75 in D 1.78 in
A Walk Through a Summer Garden, Original Landscape Painting, Naïve Artwork
By Elaine Kazimierczuk
Located in Deddington, GB
A Walk Through a Summer Garden' is just that - an immersive piece which is full of the joy of a walk in a sunny summer garden full of softly coloured flowers in pretty pastel shades ...
Canvas, Oil
$5,219
H 40.56 in W 48.43 in D 1.23 in
Ryewater with Knapweed and Spotted Orchid, Original Painting
By Elaine Kazimierczuk
Located in Deddington, GB
This painting in delicate summery pastel shades depicts a traditional wildflower meadow in full bloom. The colours are drawn from soft green grasses and the pretty pinks and yellows ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$2,334
H 24.81 in W 20.87 in D 1.34 in
Having More Fun in the Garden, Original Painting, Landscape, Nature, Flowers
By Elaine Kazimierczuk
Located in Deddington, GB
'How many types of pretty flowers grow, in an English country garden?' or so the song goes - and the garden in question here is a cottage garden belonging to a friend. It is glorious...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$400
H 12 in W 10 in D 1 in
High Slope, Abstract Expressionist Painting, Oil on Canvas, 2010+
By Evy Olsen Halvorsen
Located in Kingston, WA
I blended abstract and realistic elements to capture the raw energy of a mountain’s slope, a natural expression of memory. I was born surrounded by mountains, steep imposing rocks o...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$4,417
H 39.18 in W 39.18 in D 2.17 in
Red Hot Border I, Original Painting, Semi Abstract Floral Painting, Bright Art
By Elaine Kazimierczuk
Located in Deddington, GB
The painting was inspired by a series of flower borders in the Oxford Botanic Gardens known as the Merton Borders, a natural planting, with sustainability in mind, the species are ab...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$4,969
H 25.2 in W 50.4 in D 1.34 in
Daffodilly Diptych, Original Painting, Landscape, Nature, Flowers
By Elaine Kazimierczuk
Located in Deddington, GB
A woodland of wild daffodils in Wales, dappled with spring sunshine. The light creates contrasting shades of bright and darker green which is almost turquoise blue in the shadowy spo...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$775
H 16 in W 16 in
Secret Date - Colorful Figurative Abstract Textured Impasto Oil Painting
By Ekaterina Ermilkina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ekaterina Ermilkina’s original, abstract fine art paintings are created using a skillful combination of applying and removing oil paint with a palette knife on canvas. Her inspiratio...
Canvas, Oil
$4,417
H 21.07 in W 42.13 in D 1.24 in
Donna's Meadow Diptych with Early Purple Orchids, Nature, Floral, Meadows, Field
By Elaine Kazimierczuk
Located in Deddington, GB
This work comprises two panels showing an orchid meadow in full bloom. It has been created by allowing what was previously an ordinary cultivated silage field, which was effectively ...
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,778
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
A Short While, modern art, abstract, landscape
Located in Deddington, GB
A large original abstract painting with beautiful captivating blues, teals, greens and calming whites. Highlighted with brushes of warming gold. Painted on canvas and measuring 100cm square, this large scale wall art...
Canvas, Oil
$2,472
H 26.38 in W 26.38 in D 1.97 in
Connections, Landscape Artwork, Original Oil Painting, Abstract Art
By Miles Cole
Located in Deddington, GB
Lights On The River is an evocative work inspired by a walk across the River Thames on a hot summer night. The heavily abstracted shapes convey the effect of the city lights reflecte...
Canvas, Oil
$4,831
H 40.56 in W 40.56 in D 2.13 in
Wild Welsh Daffodils, Original painting, Flowers, Landscape, Nature, Abstract
By Elaine Kazimierczuk
Located in Deddington, GB
A scene of a Welsh woodland with wild daffodils dancing in the breeze in early spring sunshine. The composition is made up of soft pastel greens and blue-greens of the foliage agains...
Oil, Canvas
Kauai
By Chase Langford
Located in Napa, CA
Monaghan's paintings have always shown a sensitivity and reverence for light on the cusp of change. Says Monaghan, “Many of my paintings which depict dawn or dusk represent a special...
Canvas, Oil
Umbria 17
By Chase Langford
Located in Napa, CA
Inspired by cartography from an early age, Chase Langford’s abstract paintings transform the familiarity of cities and maps into fluid visions, evoking the feeling of the location wi...
Canvas, Oil
Del Mar 34
By Chase Langford
Located in Napa, CA
Inspired by cartography from an early age, Chase Langford’s abstract paintings transform the familiarity of cities and maps into fluid visions, evoking the feeling of the location wi...
Canvas, Oil
"Rainier" Long Abstract Oil Painting with Greys and Greens
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
"Rainier" Long Abstract Oil Painting with Greys and Greens At a very young age I started studying and drawing maps. The first maps I ever saw may have been the highway maps stashed ...
Canvas, Oil
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H 30 in W 60 in
"Santa Barbara Channel" abstract oil painting in vibrant blues and white
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
At a very young age I started studying and drawing maps. The first maps I ever saw may have been the highway maps stashed in our Ford Country Squire station wagon’s glove box. By my ...
Canvas, Oil
Del Mar 24
By Chase Langford
Located in New York, NY
Chase Langford is an LA based artist well known for his geographically inspired paintings. Born in Pontiac, MI (1960), he earned a BA in Geography from UC Santa Barbara before workin...
Canvas, Oil
Del Mar 29
By Chase Langford
Located in New York, NY
Chase Langford is an LA based artist well known for his geographically inspired paintings. Born in Pontiac, MI (1960), he earned a BA in Geography from UC Santa Barbara before workin...
Canvas, Oil