“ The Lake for Miniature Yachts by William Merritt Chase, c. 1888, oil painting.” - artistsnetwork.com
As said by the Artist Network Staff, “William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), is the big daddy of American Impressionism. He spent his formative years in St. Louis, Munich, and New York City, and he was truly a big-city sophisticate of the late 1800s. Imagine what it would be like to be an artist spending all of your days cooped up in congested, cosmopolitan environments. Now imagine what it was like for Chase to escape from it all by going to, say, Central Park or Prospect Park or even as far as the seaside on Long Island, which happened to be his three favorite plein-air painting locations. Finally, a place to breathe! And this feeling–this expansive, wide-open feeling–is the sense of these places that he was able to capture on canvas.”
Chase was spent most of his time inside his own house, just like most of the people in world did this year. I personally like to leave the house everyday as well. Being outside and out of the house gives a sense of freedom.
https://www.artistsnetwork.com/art-subjects/plein-air/capturing-a-sense-of-place-what-does-it-mean-to-you/