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.
On 1stDibs, find a selection of Gail Chase-Bien paintings.
Winter Garden 1
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gail Chase Bien has created a wonderful and mysterious work that includes oil, gouache, and pastel collage on board. Professionally framed in a thin warm silver wood. The artist is ...
Oil, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Gouache
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...
Canvas, 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...
Canvas, Oil
Blue Tide / oil on linen
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Blue Tide, 68 x 72 inches, is an exquisite oil on linen by American artist Gail Chase Bien, whose work explores water and landscape as reflections of the human spirit. Rendered in a ...
Canvas, Oil, Linen
Rachmaninov: Letter to Sergei
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Inspired by cello music, diptych, oil canvas in two parts. Contemplative, warm cream, bronze abstract Impressionist diptych painting created in homage to the composer Rachmaninov, S...
Canvas, Linen, 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...
Canvas, 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,...
Pastel, Gouache, Panel, Archival Paper
Winter Road
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...
Canvas, Oil
Errant Bride
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...
Canvas, Oil
Rococo Fugitive
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gail Chase Bien creates luminous oil on linen paintings that unfold slowly, both in their making and in their viewing. Built through thin, layered applications of paint over months a...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$14,000
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...
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...
Canvas, Oil, Panel
November Garden
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...
Canvas, Oil
Dmitri Wright - Daffodils Opus I, Painting 2018
By Dmitri Wright
Located in Stamford, CT
Oil on Panel WEIR FARM Series: “[This] series runs the full range from natural to post-impressionism, yet always having the themes of the American pictorial sense of place with an ...
Panel, Oil, Paint
$326Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 18 in D 1 in
Mid Century French Illustration Sketches Of Outdoor Wildlife
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wildlife by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed painting: 14 x 18 inches good condition provenance: from the artists estate, France Josine ...
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
$326Sale Price|20% Off
H 13 in W 20 in D 1 in
Mid Century French Illustration Sketches Of Colorful Jug Designs
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Designs by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed painting: 13 x 20 inches good condition provenance: from the artists estate, France Josine V...
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
$850
H 16.15 in W 13 in D 0.79 in
"Many For The Empath" (abstract, flora, fauna, roses, oil painting, green, pink)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
MANY FOR THE EMPATH 2026 Paris, France This complex and layered floral painting of an abundant, overflowing bouquet presents an energetic and mesmerizing subject. This original mixe...
Oil Crayon, Dye, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Oil, Acrylic
$1,325Sale Price|25% Off
H 23.63 in W 19.69 in D 0.12 in
Original-Jardin d'Hiver-British Awarded Artist-Impasto, oil, goldleaf on Dahlias
Located in London, GB
Jardin d'Hiver Series is Shizico Yi's latest collection, created in her winter studio while savouring for the summer left behind. Reflecting on the vibrant days spent painting en pl...
Gold Leaf
$5,000
H 39.38 in W 31.5 in
Neo-Expressionist Oil and Mixed Media Painting, Late 20th Century
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates. Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...
Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
$848Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 0.2 in
Original-Impasto-Moonlit Dahlias-Jardin d'Hiver-British Awarded Artist-Gold leaf
Located in London, GB
Jardin d'Hiver Series is Shizico Yi's latest collection, created in her winter studio while longing for the summer left behind. Reflecting on the vibrant days spent painting en plein...
Gold Leaf
$764Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 0.2 in
Original-Sunset Song-British Awarded Artist-Impressionism-Plein Air evening oil
Located in London, GB
Sunset Song Series stands as one of the most iconic works featured in the upcoming Summer Exhibition UK, 2025—a rare and luminous collection of latest artworks we’re thrilled to pres...
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Vermont Barns - Neutral Monochromatic Study in Grays
By John Koch
Located in Miami, FL
Understated town-scape in grays and muted blues. It's a painting that looks better as you get closer to it. Koch brings the same serene intimacy to an outdoor scene as his interiors....
Oil, Board
$679
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 0.12 in
Original-Magic Bell-British Awarded Artist-Abstract Expression-oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
In her 2024 series, "The Weaver," Shizico explores forms, layers, and time onto canvases. Applying the format of diptychs and triptychs, she creates lyrical narratives, capturing the...
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$500
H 16.15 in W 13 in D 0.79 in
"Some Surmount" (abstract, dynamic, flora, blue sky, clouds, fauna, blush, pink)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
SOME SURMOUNT 2024 Paris, France This charming painting on canvas visually represents the notion of being unshackled from a burden, and an ascension from a darker place. A black, e...
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
$576Sale Price|20% Off
H 28 in W 28 in
Fruit Salad Patchwork, Circles and Squares, Geometric Grid, Yellow, Blue, Pink
By Natalia Roman
Located in Barcelona, ES
These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism, with a special emphasis on Art De...
Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
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...
Canvas, Oil, Panel
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...
Canvas, Oil
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 ...
Linen, Oil
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...
Linen, Oil
Sold
H 36 in W 108 in D 2 in
Garden Fugue / oil on linen - triptych (three parts)
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Dramatic floral inspired abstract Impressionist triptych oil painting in three parts. Each canvas is 36 x 36 inches. The provocative work by late-career established artist, Gail C...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Blue Wave / oil painting on linen - sublime
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Stunning triptych (artwork in three parts) featuring light through crashing water by Gail Chase Bien, who paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to yea...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Sold
H 48 in W 96 in D 2 in
Sedona River Rainstorm / museum quality oil painting on linen
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gorgeous diptych featuring light and water by Gail Chase Bien, who paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. T...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Ghost Rhyder / oil on linen - sailing ships
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Dramatic Turner inspired abstract Impressionist scene alludes to sailing ships with distant hills aglow. The provocative work by late career artist, Gail Chase Bien, is created with...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Harbinger / oil on linen serene painting
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Abstract Impressionist scene alludes to floral blossoms - the harbinger's of spring or good things to come. Created with a tonal range of warm ivory with earth tones including browns...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Lava Falls / oil on linen over wood
By Gail Chase-Bien
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...
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Panel
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...
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...
Canvas, Oil, Panel, Linen