Happy Holidays!

Hope all of you had a wonderful holiday weekend. Singulart has just posted a new feature "A Day with Gregg Chadwick". Link here -
https://blog.singulart.com/en/2018/11/26/a-day-with-gregg-chadwick/ Hope you enjoy it!

I also just took part in an amazing art and therapy collaboration entitled

The Perception Project which paired me with a trauma survivor.

I created the artwork and wrote the thoughts below for the project.

Gregg Chadwick

A Resilient Light

24"x18" oil on linen 2018

A Resilient Light (The Perception Project)

Chelsea’s life story inspired me to paint A Resilient Light. 

With her therapist present, we engaged in a rich discussion that outlined

the challenges she has overcome and the path she has laid out for her journey.

As Chelsea spoke, I pictured a long stairway with one end in the past

and the summit in the future. In my mind, I saw Chelsea at different stages

along this stairway.  Maybe hesitant steps at first.

Perhaps a tumble here or there.

But Chelsea is a survivor and she keeps climbing.

A warm, welcoming light illuminates this path forward

and seems to urge Chelsea on.

Later, in my studio I began to put layers of paint down.

The stairway came first and originally reached towards the top of

the linen canvas. A small figure vanishing into a fog of light looked fine

but did not carry the emotional weight of our conversation.

Instead, I flipped the vantage point so that we were in the future looking back

towards the past. In my mind, Chelsea’s resilient voice resonated,

which helped me create a strong, brave character moving across

the surface of the painting. This female figure appears in multiple stages

of the climb. Movement and energy abound.

She follows a resilient path. In the distance, a figure in red

watches over her and supports her.  A parent figure perhaps or a therapist.

I painted A Resilient Light in the hope that it will inspire Chelsea

and others as they courageously climb the stairs of life.