About Me

Madeleine Durham

I am a painter of unique abstracts, landscapes, and floral mandalas. I grew up in New Mexico and come to painting by way of my work as an archival paper designer for fine bookbinders.

I've developed a painting process that has a tranquil quality and is strikingly unique. My papers are in private and public collections around the world including the paper archives in the Watson Library at the MET.

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Inspiration

As a native New Mexican I am inspired by the vast meandering landscapes, the magical quality of the light, and the rich vibrant colors which shift dramatically from morning to night, and season to season.

Techniques

I began my technique as a decorative paper creator using acrylic paints mixed with an archival paste. Originally called paste papers, I now use my media in a painterly technique that I have developed over the years in a series of very happy accidents.

career highlights

Paper Legacy Project at the MET’s Thomas J. Watson Library: Paper Legacy Project

Exhibit at the Grolier Club "Pattern and Flow: A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper, 1960s to 2000s"  The Paper Legacy Project collection, Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art   January 18 – April 8, 2023

Member of Santa Fe Society of ArtistsSanta Fe Society of Artists

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