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Paul Mayson (b. 1984) is a painter whose work centers on landscape and still life. Raised on a dairy farm in upstate New York, he spent his childhood watching the same fields turn over through the seasons, an interest that runs through his ongoing series Fields & Hours.
He studied illustration before turning to painting full time, and still begins most work with graphite studies of simple forms: spheres, stones, pears and jugs. These drawings, collected in Quiet Forms, are less preparatory sketches than a daily practice of looking.
In oil, Mayson works in short, visible strokes, building color slowly over a toned ground. Coastal Light follows a single stretch of shoreline from dawn to blue hour, while Kitchen Table treats everyday objects with the attention usually reserved for portraits. His watercolors are looser and faster: Northern Lakes was painted largely on location during summers in Maine and Quebec, and Garden Notes records flowers from his own garden, often painted the morning they were cut.
Mayson’s work has been shown in regional galleries and juried exhibitions throughout the Northeast. He lives with his partner and an elderly greyhound in a converted boathouse on the Connecticut shore, where he also teaches small workshops in plein air painting.