Hal Mayforth

I am an abstract painter living the greater Boston area My paintings are about the spontaneity of automatic drawing combined with the more cerebral act of editing. I try to let the materials have their own voice and react to what is presented to me, after an initial burst of unfiltered mark making. In this way I have a spirited conversation with each work until clarity and balance are achieved. In some ways, my work reflects the complexities and rhythms of nature and everyday life and how chaos can unexpectedly veer toward beauty.

Liberal Arts, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
BS in Fine Art, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Vermont Studio Center

My paintings have been featured in exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the United States, including:

Watercolors 1994 to Present, Paul Mahder Gallery - Healdsburg, CA

Hal Mayforth, Mercy Gallery, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT

Conversations with a Blank Page – Quimby Gallery – Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT

My Sketchbook Made Me Do It – Studio Place Arts – Barre, VT

Subversive in His Own Little Way, Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington, VT

Hal Mayforth, Mercy Gallery, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT

Vermont Illustrators, Quimby Gallery, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT

Orchid Daze: Pop! Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta, GA

Art Comes Alive, Art Design and Consultants, Cincinnati, OH

Two Trains Running – Paintings by Hal Mayforth – River Arts – Morrisville, VT

The Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT

The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA

The Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

The Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Montserrat Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

The Wood Gallery, the Vermont College of Fine Art, Montpelier, VT

The Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI

Cherry Stone Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

The Furchgott-Sourdiff...