From A Pile Of Stuff

From A Pile Of Stuff Charlotte Hailstone Acrylic on linen 46 x 48 inches 2025 About Charlotte Hailstone: New York-based color field painter and curator. Her practice extends from her career in Graphic Design, drawing on formal composition and color perception, merging the aesthetic rigor of design with the intuitive mark-making of painting. Her work explores polarity, perception, and the interplay of light through the lens of girlhood and evolving identity. Currently an artist-in-residence at the Yard Columbus Circle, Hailstone has been exhibited at 81 Leonard, Future Fair, Rockaway Artist Alliance, 88 Ruttkowski Gallery, Visionary Projects, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, and others. Her process is informed by her upbringing—a confluence of contrasting influences: her father's role as a conservationist in the Baltimore Museum of Art’s decorative arts department instilled a deep appreciation for the material and historical significance of art, while her background in dance and the performing arts establishes a dialogue with the canvas through color and physical reactions. By embracing the tension between opposing forces, her paintings become a conversation of color, light, and physicality. Charlotte Hailstone was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She studied at Parsons School of Design and the Art Students League of New York under Larry Poons.