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Studio 540 Alabama, 1992

By the middle of the nineties Chase's works were taking between three and five years to complete, sometimes longer. Often works of ten years ealier would be reworked. His interest in the decay of things, weathering, the corrosion of urban life gave the patinas almost a crusted look. Chase had also created and was running the San Francisco Art & Film Program for Teenagers, which with his other activities, took much of his time. The paintings involved canvases bolted together or arranged in stacks, two or three deep on the surface of a work.

REDSTACK 1993-94 Collection of the artist








ATHENS RED 1989-94 Private collection, San Francisco








GRAY SQUARED 1992-95 Private collection, San Francisco








CORNER BRACE 1989-94 32" x 60" Collection of Deluca, San Francisco








BLUE GRID 1992-94 Private collection, San Francisco








DOMINO BLUE 1992-94 Collection of the artist








SHORTSTACK 1995-97 Private collection, San Francisco

Toward the end of the nineties, Chase concentrated on paper work, returning to his love of collage. The work that occupied two years consisted of 180 collages taken from a table of accumulated visual rubbish. The table became part of the work.

Capp Street 1989-95 (auxilary studio)

The decade finished with a series of collaged paintings retrurning to the grid inspired works of the sixties. These works use history and typography as major visual themes.

TIME OUT 2000 18" x 30" Collection of the Artist