Chandler painted children, adults, and occasionally still lifes and landscapes, but his portraits of children, of which approximately a dozen are known, are exceptional. Following Puritan-inspired taste, Chandler portrayed adult sitters with no regard for their surroundings—standard practice by a number of self-taught, itinerant artists. With the very young, however, he included a landscape, as well as toys, pets, and other references to the child’s world.