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Gail Chase-Bien Art

American

Gail Chase-Bien has a way of creating boundless worlds within the edges of the canvas. Her nature-inspired abstract, landscape and figurative paintings blur the distinction between background and foreground, inviting the viewer’s imagination to structure the piece. She brings softness, subtlety and suggestion to the edgy world of contemporary art.

Chase-Bien was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1946. She attended the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, receiving a bachelor’s of fine art in 1977 and a master’s of fine art in 1980. She held her first solo exhibition at Highlight Gallery in Mendocino in 1985 and continued to show steadily throughout California during the rest of the ’80s and ’90s.

Chase-Bien’s collection of work is a tribute to nature and the play of light upon the colors of the landscape. At the same time, her paintings are a meditation upon the human spirit and an invitation for introspection. Each piece takes her anywhere from a few months to years to make using oil paints on linen.

Chase-Bien currently lives and works in Napa County. Her ethereal paintings are held in many private collections and are exhibited at galleries and museums across California and beyond.

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Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Taking cues from nature’s extraordinary visual offer...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Oil

Elegy
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Here is "Elegy", oil on linen, 60 x 30 inches. Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Takin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Linen, Oil

Letter to the Sixth Poet (diptych)
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Taking cues from nature’s extraordinary visual offer...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Oil

Ten Mile Beach (diptych)
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Taking cues from nature’s extraordinary visual offerings — specifically, the play of light as it touches upon water and earth — her nature-inspired works bridge realism and abstraction, and they convey a thin veneer of the of human spirit. Complex, rich, and slow in the making, the paintings, with their serene simplicity, are intended to be viewed and enjoyed over time. Ten Mile Beach...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Oil

Babylon
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Taking cues from nature’s extraordinary visual offer...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Oil

Garden Riot
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Here is "Garden Riot", oil on linen, diptych, 36 x 88 inches. Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single wor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Linen, Oil

Bride Catcher
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Here is "Bride Catcher", oil on linen, 72 x 48 inches. Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Linen, Oil, Panel

Somewhere A Rose, diptych
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Here is "Somewhere A Rose", oil on linen, diptych, 48 x 72 inches. Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a singl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Linen, Oil, Panel

River Pastel / contemporary minimal warm calm etherial realism
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Serene 'River Pastel ' created with pastel on gessoed watercolor paper with gouache, and framed under Museum Plexiglass in warm silver, is created by American Artist Gail Chase Bien,...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Pastel, Gouache, Panel, Archival Paper

Rachmaninov “Letter to Sergei" cello music inspired diptych oil canvas 6x18 feet
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Inspired contemplative, warm cream, bronze abstract Impressionist diptych painting created in homage to the composer Rachmaninov, Sublime 'Rachmaninov “Letter to Sergei" is compris...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Linen, Oil, Panel

INTO THE VOID / figurative oil on linen stunner - 5 x 7 feet
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Romanesque figurative oil painting 'Into The Void' by American realist artist Gail Chase Bien, depicts ribbon dancers or semi-clothed angelic Baroque figures in a thought-provoking w...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Oil, Linen

Letter to the Sixth Poet - 40x120 oil on canvas diptych - serene luxury
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Contemplative, rich, Turner-esque warm bronze abstract Impressionist reflective scene alludes to light falling on a vast landscape or body of water. Created with a rich range of gold...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Panel, Canvas, Linen, Oil

Sedona Rainstorm / oil on linen over wood
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Sophisticated abstracted American realism landscape still life scene of rain falling, in this exquisite oil on canvas over panel painting, 'Sedona Rainstorm'. A beautiful and calming...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Oil, Panel

Morning Pond / oil on linen over wood
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Green, yellow and bronze abstract Impressionist reflective scene alludes to light on water. Created with a rich range of golden tones. The late-career established artist paints thinl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Linen, Oil, Panel

Merced River II / abstract oil on linen over wood
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Using landscape as a signifier for the human spirit, Gail Chase Bien paints layered and lush oil on linen, conscious of a thin veneer of self, while viewing the work is an open door to own parallel journey. Abstracted nature...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Linen, Oil, Wood Panel

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Green Pond
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Taking cues from nature’s extraordinary visual offer...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Oil, Panel

Green Pond
Green Pond
H 26 in W 45 in D 2 in
Dreaming of Antoine
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Taking cues from nature’s extraordinary visual offer...
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The Long View
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Here is "The Long View", oil on linen, triptych, 30 x 90 inches. Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Blue Morning - natural abstract waterscape
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elegant abstract scene featuring floating leaves on water painted in beautiful blues with touches of gold. Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (m...
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Linen, Oil

Garden Fugue / oil on linen - triptych (three parts)
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Blue Wave / oil painting on linen - sublime
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Located in Burlingame, CA
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Sedona River Rainstorm / museum quality oil painting on linen
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Ghost Rhyder / oil on linen - sailing ships
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Harbinger / oil on linen serene painting
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Lava Falls / oil on linen over wood
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Located in Burlingame, CA
Dramatic waterfall from Gail Chase Bien, who paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Taking cues from nature...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Thaw / oil on linen over wood
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Taking cues from nature’s extraordinary visual offer...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Linen, Oil, Panel

Blue Pond / oil on linen over wood
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Sophisticated serene abstract work of art in blue, bronze, rich browns and gold, reflecting nature. Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from mon...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Oil, Panel, Linen

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