A prominent member of the Woodstock Art Colony and native of New York City, Cecil Chichester is best known for landscape paintings that capture the seasons in transition. While his style is primarily representational, his utilization of the plein air technique often gave his paintings an Impressionist quality. He was a teacher for the Art Students League and later established the Chichester School of Landscape painting. Although few exhibition records for Chichester exist, contemporary critiques of his artwork indicate that he exhibited alongside other Woodstock artists in shows at Macbeth Gallery, Belnord Modern Art Gallery, and Katz Gallery.