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Land of Enchantment series from Barbara Mayfield

Winter / Glorieta P.O. by Barbara Mayfield Image: In 1991, after I packed my youngest off to college, I rented out our little Philly rowhouse and took a train to Albuquerque in northern New Mexico. I brought a suitcase and a portfolio, and everyone thought I’d be back in 6 months. As it turned out, I stayed for 21 years. I bought a place in the country near Santa Fe in the village of Glorieta, at the foot of the mesa. I loved it there very much.
Life brought me back to Philadelphia in 2013 and I’ve been making paintings about the rural southwest a lot. About how it felt to live on a wonderfully dusty dirt road among mountains, mesas, canyons and the big sky, with only narrow ribbons of asphalt connecting a few small cities. This piece is about the deep snow at 7500’ and the P.O. - the only event in Glorieta - where Postmaster R. Wilson, one of the greats, made it such a pleasure in atmosphere and conversation when picking up one’s mail.
It’s a work on primed Arches paper, 42”Wx58”H in acrylic, pencil, and oil. I like this painting because it is simple and to the point, borderline naive/innocent, which is how it felt to live in the wildness.
-Barbara Mayfield, Norristown 2022

In 1991, after I packed my youngest off to college, I rented out our little Philly rowhouse and took a train to Albuquerque in northern New Mexico. I brought a suitcase and a portfolio, and everyone thought I’d be back in 6 months. As it turned out, I stayed for 21 years. I bought a place in the country near Santa Fe in the village of Glorieta, at the foot of the mesa. I loved it there very much. Life brought me back to Philadelphia in 2013 and I’ve been making paintings about the rural southwest a lot. About how it felt to live on a wonderfully dusty dirt road among mountains, mesas, canyons and the big sky, with only narrow ribbons of asphalt connecting a few small cities. This piece is about the deep snow at 7500’ and the P.O. - the only event in Glorieta - where Postmaster R. Wilson, one of the greats, made it such a pleasure in atmosphere and conversation when picking up one’s mail. It’s a work on primed Arches paper, 42”Wx58”H in acrylic, pencil, and oil. I like this painting because it is simple and to the point, borderline naive/innocent, which is how it felt to live in the wildness. -Barbara Mayfield, Norristown 2022

Barbara Mayfield
Winter / Glorieta P.O., 2018
acrylic polymer, oil, pencil
58 x 42 in
Inv: 6

In 1991, after I packed my youngest off to college, I rented out our little Philly rowhouse and took a train to Albuquerque in northern New Mexico. I brought a suitcase and a portfolio, and everyone thought I’d be back in 6 months. As it turned out, I stayed for 21 years. I bought a place in the country near Santa Fe in the village of Glorieta, at the foot of the mesa. I loved it there very much.
Life brought me back to Philadelphia in 2013 and I’ve been making paintings about the rural southwest a lot. About how it felt to live on a wonderfully dusty dirt road among mountains, mesas, canyons and the big sky, with only narrow ribbons of asphalt connecting a few small cities. This piece is about the deep snow at 7500’ and the P.O. - the only event in Glorieta - where Postmaster R. Wilson, one of the greats, made it such a pleasure in atmosphere and conversation when picking up one’s mail.
It’s a work on primed Arches paper, 58”Hx42”W in acrylic, pencil, and oil. I like this painting because it is simple and to the point, borderline naive/innocent, which is how it felt to live in the wildness.
-Barbara Mayfield, Norristown 2022

Current Location: Studio 12B, Norristown Arts Building
Collections: BJM Completed