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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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Artist: Gail Chase-Bien
Ten Mile Beach (diptych)
Ten Mile Beach (diptych)

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

Letter to the Sixth Poet (diptych)
Letter to the Sixth Poet (diptych)

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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Winter Garden 1
Winter Garden 1

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 ...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Oil, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Gouache

Blue Tide / oil on linen
Blue Tide / oil on linen

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 ...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Oil, Linen

Rachmaninov: Letter to Sergei
Rachmaninov: Letter to Sergei

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Linen, Oil, Panel

Morning Pond / oil on linen over wood
Morning Pond / oil on linen over wood

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

River Pastel / contemporary minimal warm calm etherial realism
River Pastel / contemporary minimal warm calm etherial realism

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

Winter Road
Winter Road

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Oil

Errant Bride
Errant Bride

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Oil

Elegy
Elegy

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

Sedona Rainstorm / oil on linen over wood
Sedona Rainstorm / oil on linen over wood

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

November Garden
November Garden

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Canvas, Oil

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Blue Wave / oil painting on linen - sublime

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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...

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Lava Falls / oil on linen over wood

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Thaw / oil on linen over wood

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Gail Chase-Bien Art

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Blue Pond / oil on linen over wood
Blue Pond / oil on linen over wood

Blue Pond / oil on linen over wood

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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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