Showing posts with label santa monica. Show all posts
Showing posts with label santa monica. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 05, 2024

Thank You Frieze Week Visitors

Thanks to everyone who visited my studio during Frieze week. I’m pictured here with a group of visiting journalists from the UK. 🇬🇧 great conversations throughout the week. And for those of you who brought Chadwick artworks home - a hearty thank you. Thanks @18thstreetarts and all my artist colleagues. Already looking forward to next year.


Press visitors included:


Ian Sturgess, Assistant Chief Sub-Editor, The Mirror (circulation 245,655)
Natasha Colyer, Editor, Seen in the City (Circulation: 21,500)
Amber O’Connor, Writer, Cosmopolitan (Circulation: 39 million)
Cassam Looch, Director of Content, Culture Trip (Circulation: 4 million)
Neeru Sharma, Lifestyle Editor, Bauer Media (circulation: 1 million)
Tom Miller, Santa Monica Travel & Tourism UK Representative
Lauren Salisbury, Senior Director of Communications at Santa Monica Travel & Tourism




Artist Mobina Nouri was one of many amazing artists to visit during Frieze week in Santa Monica 


As the city transitions away from an active runway to more art events like Frieze and eventually a Great Park, we are in the midst of the creation of the Santa Monica Artport.


Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Holiday Gathering and Open Studios Sunday, December 3, 2023




Gregg Chadwick
The Golden Hour - Venezia
30" x 24" oil on linen 2023 


 I am excited to invite you to my studio at the Santa Monica Airport for an afternoon of art and camaraderie.

 

Holiday Gathering and Open Studios 
Sunday, December 3, 2023 from 11 AM-3 PM
Location:
Studio #15, 18th Street Arts Center, 3026 Airport Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90405

 

 

Free to all. Feel free to invite friends and family. All ages are welcome!
Free Parking
Please register in advance:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-at-the-airport-1-year-anniversary-event-tickets-742947795857?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

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Art At The Airport is made possible by Art of Recovery, an initiative of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs, https://www.santamonica.gov/programs/art-of-recovery

To learn about upcoming Art At The Airport events, visit: https://www.artattheairport.org/

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Collector's Smiles

Amy and Ludek Drizhal with their new Chadwick painting. “New York Stories”

 

Love the smiles when collectors are about to take their new artworks home. Thank you to all who spent time in my studio at our latest Art at the Airport event! What a night! Props to Ailsa Chang for surprising me and bringing such a sense of inspiration into my studio. Thank you to @rebecca.youssef_studio and @alexandradillonartist for your incredible hard work and drive to make this happen. Excited for the next one!!!


#LosAngeles #ArtOfRecovery #ArtAtTheAirport #CityOfSantaMonica #SantaMonicaArtsCommunity #SantaMonicaArtScene #BuyArtFromArtists #SupportLocalArtists #SantaMonicaArtCollective #SantaMonicaCulturalAffairs #artistssupportingartists #Art #Hollywood #P22 #NPS #MountainLion #clocks #GrandCentral


Thursday, May 04, 2023

Two Straws


Gregg Chadwick
24"x36" oil on linen 2023


The fresh fragrance of linseed oil and linen fills my studio as I just put some finishing touches on new work. My oil on linen painting "Two Straws" is a short story in paint.
A woman sits at a table in a diner with an empty seat across from her. On the table is a milkshake with two straws. Will her companion return? What do you think will happen in the next scene?

"Two Straws" is the latest cinematic painting in my L.A. Stories series that explores the wonderfully diverse and sprawling city of Los Angeles.

See this artwork and more at our upcoming evening Open Studio Art at the Airport event on May 13, 2023 from 5-9 PM.

 





#art #SantaMonica #SantaMonicaArt #contemporaryart #worksonpaper #artattheairport #oilonlinen #diner #milkshake

Monday, May 01, 2023

Gregg Chadwick's "A Walk With Obama" Featured in Saatchi Art's Gouache Paintings Collection

 


Excited that my gouache on paper painting "A Walk With Obama" has been included in the new Gouache Paintings Collection on Saatchi Art.

Barack and Michelle Obama were recently seen dancing with Bruce Springsteen at his concert in Barcelona. Michelle was onstage with Bruce, The E Street Band, Patti Scialfa, and Kathleen Sue Spielberg (Kate Capshaw) during the song Glory Days. Barack was offstage hanging out with Steven Spielberg.



Megan Wright, Senior Curator at Saatchi Art put the collection together and writes:
"When artists seek the richness of opaque color but the fluidity of water-based paint, they turn to gouache. Discover the unique charm of the medium in this expertly-curated collection."
This artwork and a group of my recent works on paper will be featured in my next open studio on May 13th from 5-9 PM.

Friday, March 31, 2023

Opening Night at The Other Art Fair - March 30, 2023

by Gregg Chadwick







🎧 @dublab keeps the energy high at the turntables



Last night the rain cleared just in time for the opening of the latest edition of The Other Art Fair at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. We strolled across the street from my studio at the 18th Street Arts Center and enjoyed seeing old friends and their artwork as well as meeting  artists for the first time and chatting with them about their art and sources of inspiration. Below, amidst their creations are photos of some of the new artists that we met.  


Los Angeles

"As humans, we can be all over the place – thoughts and ideas swirling left and right. From the process to the technique, to the finished piece, it’s my artistic mission to capture those unique and special moments that make us feel connected to this abundant world. That unique moment in time where the reality of life – good, bad, and everything in between – is looking at you right in the face. And hopefully you begin to realize how easy it is to see ourselves in each other."




MarySue Chats with Cortney




New York/Genoa

Marco Comandini explains that his “What makes us human” project is a series of posters directly influenced by his background as a biologist. Marco says,"As Darwin explained in 'The Evolution of Species', the shark and the dolphin were examples of animals that ended up sharing common features as a result of their ancestors co-existing in an environment that shaped them similarly. In the same way, robots could very well develop the same human emotions that we thought were exclusive to us as they become more and more present in our daily lives."




Los Angeles

"I gravitate towards silkscreen printing as it’s a medium that blurs the boundary between art and graphic design. My work also exists in the tension between the fabricated and handmade. The precision of the forms is offset by miss-registrations and color shifts from over-printing." 





Trinidad

Tessa Alexander is an artist and art educator based in Trinidad. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Cultural Studies. Tessa describes her project as "a troubling of the Caribbean archive and art canon as she investigates the silenced art histories of her foremothers." 





California

"Society tells us that beauty is perfection and our worth is based on our physical appearance. That is simply not true, true beauty is eclectic and it tell the story of who we are and what we have been through. My hope is to inspire woman to shine , to love themselves and be exactly who they inspire to be." - Jeanette Rivera




Los Angeles

Emily Wallerstein describes her oil paintings as "representations of the beautiful blur of life - perfect from a distance, but messy and imperfect up close." 





Industrial and Salvage Transportation Paintings by Jasper Latane


Jasper Latane's side gig as an art handler and driver seems to inspire elements of his evocative transportation artworks. 





DATY (Frédéric and Andrea Daty)
Paris/Chartres

DATY, the wife and husband team of artists from France describe their new collection of wall hanging sculptures as "L.A. Greatness and Decadence." Their sculptural work is created from cut and treated steel plates. They explain that "light and shadows animate the metal, changing colors, and giving the impression of constant evolution."


Please Note: In response to queries, I am not exhibiting my artwork at this edition of TOAF, but will in the near future. Working on an exciting new body of work...


FAIR DETAILS


HOURS


OPENING NIGHT

THURS, MAR. 30: 6 – 10pm

GENERAL ENTRY

FRI, MAR. 31: 5 – 10pm

SAT, APR. 1: 11am – 8pm

SUN, APR. 2: 11am – 6pm

VENUE

The Barker Hangar

3021 Airport Ave.

Santa Monica, CA 90405

Visiting Information

Book Tickets

Service dogs are welcome ;

All other furry friends will need to stay home.









 

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Purple Rain in Santa Monica

 


Gregg Chadwick
Purple Rain (Prince Rogers Nelson)
24"x18" oil on linen 2016
Sold During Frieze Week, February 2023


Thank you to my collectors, fans, followers, and friends who visited my studio at the Santa Monica Airport during @friezeofficial. Honored that my homage to the sublime Prince has found its home with one of my treasured collectors. I am inspired by the art that I saw at Frieze with my new friend @ara.oshagan and percolating with ideas that will soon hit the canvas. As you know if you stepped in my studio - my brushes are clean, my paints are ready, and the colors will soon flow. If you heard Purple Rain playing across the Santa Monica Airport on Sunday Eve at the closing of Frieze that was @18thstreetarts amazing Kevin and me pouring one out musically for Prince!

#art #contemporaryart #Prince #Frieze #LAart #SantaMonica

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Poolside



Gregg Chadwick
20"x16"oil on linen 2022
    Private Collection, Oxford, Connecticut



Pleased that my painting "Poolside" has been sold by @saatchiart and successfully delivered to its new home near New Haven, Connecticut. It arrived in the midst of a record cold spell and hopefully brought warm memories of Spring and Summer along.
Legs dangling in an aquamarine pool, drink in hand, and a book open to the right page. What is she reading? Perhaps because he was born on this day in 1946, French Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard's book "Happiness: "A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill" which explores how to develop happiness as a skill that includes acceptance of pain and struggle through a process of understanding, meditation, and breath.

Or perhaps her book is a collection of Emily Dickinson's poetry?
"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me."

Note - if you are in town for the @friezeofficial Art Fair at the Santa Monica Airport, I will have my studio open @18thstreetarts at the Airport during fair hours. Please stop by and say Hello.

#art #SantaMonica #Frieze #Books #Hope #Beauty #ContemporaryArt #greggchadwick


Tuesday, December 06, 2022

Hope to See You on Saturday, December 10, 2022



You Are Invited!
As 2022 ends, I am excited to invite you to my studio at the Santa Monica Airport for an evening of art and camaraderie.

Art At The Airport Open Studios & Holiday Art Sale
December 10th from 4-7 PM

Location:
Studio #15, 18th Street Arts Center
3026 Airport Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90405


Featuring over 20 professional artists opening their studio doors and offering a rare glimpse into their practices, and the opportunity to buy work directly from the artists themselves. Come and enjoy food, drinks, a performance by pianist Paul Cornish and the Santa Monica Folklorico Ballet, purchase handmade, artisanal goods by Market Exchange vendor collective and participate in a winter ornament workshop conducted by artist Marcus Kuiland-Nazario.

Free to all, please register in advance. Feel free to invite friends and family.

All ages are welcome!

Free Parking

Please visit this link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/holiday-open-studios-tickets-454587231647

Art At The Airport is made possible by Art of Recovery, an initiative of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs

#ArtofRecovery #ArtAtTheAirport #CityOfSantaMonica #SantaMonica #SantaMonicaArtsCommunity #ArtSaMo #Art @cityofsantamonica @artattheairport

Artists Include: Michelle Dawson (@juliamichelledawson), Claudia Concha (@claudiaconchaart), Alexandra Dillon (@alexandradillonartist), Daniela Schweitzer (@daniela.schweitzerartis), Ameeta Nanji (@ameetan), Pamela Simon-Jensen (@pamelasimonjensen), M. Susan Broussard (@msusanbroussardart), Joan Wulf (@joanwulfstudio), Melinda Smith Altshuler (@melindasmithaltshuler), Paula Rosen (@paula_rosen), Gwen Samuels (@gwensamuels), Elham Sagharchi (@elham_sagharchi), Rebecca Youssef (@rebecca.youssef_studio), Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick), Sabine Pearlman (@sabinepearlman), Sara Issakharian (@saraissakharian), Ara Oshagan (@araoshagan) and more! 
 

Pictured in Flyer:

Gregg Chadwick

Steps of Time

30"x24"oil on linen 2020