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Tomorrow and Thursday in Nor Cal: The Painted Word Book Tour

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I am honored to announce the publication of my latest collaboration with the author Phil Cousineau:   The Painted Word .  Sixty-three of my artworks are included in this new volume.  Book Tour Dates - All Are Welcome & All Events are Free. I will bring a group of the artworks included in the book to each event listed below: In Northern California: Tomorrow:  Phil Cousineau and Gregg Chadwick on  The Painted Word at Book Passage   51 Tamal Vista Blvd | Corte Madera, California Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 7:00 PM (Art by Gregg Chadwick Courtesy The Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco) Thursday:  Phil Cousineau and Gregg Chadwick on  The Painted Word   City Lights Booksellers | 261 Columbus Avenue | San Francisco, California Thursday, September 13, 2012, 7:00 PM (Art by Gregg Chadwick Courtesy The Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco) In Southern California: Phil Cousineau and Gregg Chadwick on...

Late Summer Mentors and Memories

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Watching these poignant videos of Eddie Vedder singing with Bruce Springsteen and knowing that Tom Morello was offstage waiting for his next turn, I am called to thank the numerous mentors in my life. As an artist, sometimes it is only the artwork itself that carries its influence into your life. Other times it is the day to day connection with a teacher, colleague, or partner. And for me it has also been the powerful influence of my family and friends. From my blazingly intelligent wife MarySue Heilemann , to my brilliant brother Kent Chadwick , to my supportive parents Bob and Peg Chadwick, to my teachers Sam Amato and Jan Stussy at UCLA and Dale McConathy and Richard Martin at NYU, to my colleagues at the Santa Monica Art Studios , to the always inspiring writer Peter Clothier , to my gallerist in San Francisco Sandra Lee , to my collectors over all these years, to my new friend and colleague in the arts Barbara Drucker , to my agent Gwenda Joyce , to the insightful film and the...

President Obama's Speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention

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Remarks by the President at the Democratic National Convention (Full Text and Video) Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, North Carolina September 6, 2012 10:24 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  I am so thrilled and so honored and so proud to introduce the love of my life, the father of our two girls, and the President of the United States of America -- Barack Obama.  (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Thank you so much. AUDIENCE:  Four more years!  Four more years!  Four more years!  Four more years!  Four more years! THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you very much, everybody.  Thank you. Photo Courtesy PBS NewsHour Michelle, I love you so much.  A few nights ago, everybody was reminded just what a lucky man I am.  (Applause.)  Malia and Sasha, we are so proud of you.  And, yes...

President Clinton Hits It Out of the Park for President Obama at the 2012 Democratic National Convention

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The following is the full text and video of President Bill Clinton’s speech on Wednesday, September 5th 2012  from the Democratic National Convention. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. (Sustained cheers, applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Now, Mr. Mayor, fellow Democrats, we are here to nominate a president. (Cheers, applause.) And I’ve got one in mind . (Cheers, applause.) I want to nominate a man whose own life has known its fair share of adversity and uncertainty. I want to nominate a man who ran for president to change the course of an already weak economy and then just six weeks before his election, saw it suffer the biggest collapse since the Great Depression; a man who stopped the slide into depression and put us on the long road to recovery, knowing all the while that no matter how many jobs that he saved or created, there’d still be millions more waiting, worried about feeding their own kids, trying to keep ...