Around 1946, she began working with California Faience, producing ceramic figurines. Her work was marketed across the country. According to Chase, her products were sold at high end retailers like Marshall Field's in Chicago and Garfinckel's in Washington, DC.[1] She also produced ceramic tiles, and was called the "backbone of the artistic community" at California Faience during her six years there.[1]
In the 1960s, Chase started a ceramics workshop in Berkeley, California, where she produced mostly handmade tile in the style she had learned from William Bragdon at California Faience. She later moved her gallery to Point Richmond, followed by Oakland.
Her painting style in the 1970s incorporated elements of Pop art and Op art.[3] During a 1972 exhibition of her work, she said, "I am engrossed with the interplay of contemporary pattern and the abstraction and stylization of them related to organic form."[3]
She exhibited her work extensively and continued creating her art until her death on December 29, 2000.[1]
Legacy
Examples of her work were included in a 2015 exhibition called "Of Cottages and Castles: The Art of California Faience" on display at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento and at the Pasadena Museum of California Art.[1]
References
12345Brown, Kirby William (2015). California Faience: Ceramics for Cottages and Castles. San Francisco: Norfolk Press. pp.226–227. ISBN9781600521003.