Jeff Chase has been an artist representative for over twenty years as a gallery owner and an art dealer. He started Chase Gallery in Boston in 1990 and ran the gallery until he sold it in 2010.
Although Chase has been painting steadily since 1998, he started his artistic career in 1975 as a photographer. After opening Chase Gallery, he began to appreciate the surface and textural feel that paint brings to a canvas. Since then, he has been inspired by a number of artists, many of whom he represented during his time as an art dealer. Chase learned to love the medium and the effects of color and texture — not satisfied with simply replicating a landscape, figure, or still life. He tries to bring a new perspective that can be interpreted by the viewer, and express something felt and not seen.
With his photography, Chase is always looking for the things that are unseen — not noticed because something bigger is attracting attention. He enjoys forming interesting compositions, no matter what the subject matter is. With photography, the artist can create imagery that cannot be created with painting and visa versa.
Jeff Chase shows regularly at galleries and art fairs in Massachusetts, New York, New Orleans, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Texas.
Painting from memory, Chase succeeds in evoking the mood of a particular place through many layers of dried pigment, ink and mixed media. "I set out to create the feeling of a connection with the Earth and nature," Chase explains, "which is not something one can replicate."
