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 all photographs can be clicked to access a larger version In the fall of 1979 Chase spent a number of weeks in London visiting his friends. One friend, film maker Derek Jarman, suggested they visit the Victorian and Albert Museum. Chase began returning to the musuem, fascinated by the collections of books and manuscripts he had discovered. He was especially astonished by a series of ancient Japanese manuscripts, large empty sheets of paper with small watermarks and sections that had been frayed by the artist: the pages had beenused as meditation surfaces. He was also interested in a large show of Ingres drawings at the National Gallery, where the watermarks on the drawing reflection the same subtilties as the Japanese manuscripts. With these inspirations in mind, he began creating a series of small collages.
By the time he returned to the states, he had found the energy and reason to begin his painting again. His work now consisted of series or variations and included much small work on paper.
By 1983 he had also had a number of successes with an ongoing series of nude photographs, and explorative work in xerox prints. See PHOTOGRAPHY. On a trip to Venice in 1984 he painted lines of paint across the grafitti on the billboards throughout the city which he then photographed.
On his return to San Francisco, Chase began a series of work inspired by his time in Venice. He began exhibitions at Triangle Gallery again and was given a one man show of his photographs at the George Eastman House in Rochester (see PHOTOGRAPHY).
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