Chen loved nature, so he often painted outdoors. Chiayi was his hometown, so the scenes and figures of the town often graced his paintings. Three of his works have Chiayi Park as their subject, and as a result, the people and sights of the town are now well known around the world.
喜愛大自然的陳澄波愛到戶外寫生，老家所在的嘉義風光與人物經常入畫，以嘉義公園為題的畫作就有 3 件，嘉義的人文地理景觀也藉由他的畫作揚名於世。