Deborah Barlow takes a look at painting in the Chelsea galleries this month. Her visit "offered up some moments worth remembering" including Pat Steir at Cheim and Read, Joan Mitchell at Lenon Weinberg, Herb Jackson at Claire Oliver, Tara Donovan at Pace, and José Parlá at Bryce Wolkowitz. She also crosses the river to check out Filiz Emma Soyak at Giacobetti Paul Gallery in DUMBO.