Speed of Life

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  Gregg Chadwick Monk Station 30"x30"oil on linen 2020 "Move towards the light", a friend said to me as we wandered the streets of Montreal on a crisp spring afternoon. My painting "Monk Station" is inspired by that day and depicts a saffron robed pilgrim in a 21st century urban moment. The monk is moving towards the light. Set in a subway station in Montreal, this painting looks at the place of the spirit in our fast paced lives. Honored that "Monk Station" was curated into Los Angeles Latest Collections by Briana Salatino, Fair Assistant at The Other Art Fair: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/photography-painting-sculpture-drawing-new-media-collage/New-Originals-for-2000-Under-Week-of-Sept-27/1093891/631397/view Direct Link at  https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Monk-Station/25560/7473981/view Thanks again to everyone who enjoyed my paintings at  @theotherartfair #theotherartfair   #theotherartfairla   #art   #artshow   #la   #los...

  Gregg Chadwick Frida Kahlo 10"x10"oil on cigar box 2021 Private Collection Los Angeles My oil on wood cigar box painting of Frida Kahlo is the latest in a series of artworks that amplifies the shared culture between Mexico and the United States. Frida was a dynamo. Her artworks explore the realms of myth, memory, and physical reality in groundbreaking ways. My latest portrait of Frida is an homage to her work and influence. My painting imagines Frida when she lived in San Francisco. In 1930-31 Frida and Diego Rivera lived at 716 Montgomery Street in San Francisco, just down the hill from North Beach and Chinatown. Frida met and created with a group of artists who energized her creative process. KQED notes that "For six months, the couple stayed at the studio of Rivera’s old classmate and friend, sculptor Ralph Stackpole, who introduced them to an eclectic group of writers, painters and photographers." For a number of years, I lived in San Francisco at the corner o...

  Gregg Chadwick Tax the Rich 12"x9"oil on panel 2021 Congressional Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez created headlines around the globe with her Tax the Rich Dress worn at the 2021 Met Gala. The socially provocative dress was designed by Aurora James who said in the New York Times: Listen, it would be a lot easier to go to the Met Gala and just wear a really beautiful dress and look really beautiful and have a good time. But that was not her intention, right? Her intention was to take a conversation that’s largely existing in working-class communities and bring it into rooms where that conversation might be a little bit more uncomfortable. It’s not easy to show up in a room like that, with a statement like that. There’s a lot of people who gain access to rooms like that and are too afraid to rock the boat." My painting celebrates AOC, Aurora James, and everyone rocking the boat. Thanks to everyone who commented on and enjoyed the painting at  @theotherartfair #t...

  View this email in your browser       Gregg Chadwick The Greatest of Wanderers 54"x54" oil on linen 2021   Gregg Chadwick  at The Other Art Fair Los Angeles   Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California  Opening September 23, 2021   Please find me in Booth 83    Featuring New Paintings About Our Fragile Earth & Humanity's Tensile Strength I first became aware of the fragile nature of our planet as an  elementary  school student. For Christmas one year,  I asked my parents for the book   Wildlife in Danger   published by the IUCN  (International Union for the Conservation of Nature).  They are still an important organization providing information, plans,  and hope for our endangered earth. Worried about the environment  as a kid, I drew pictures of animals constantly. Now I have brought out  a series of paintings inspired by the 50th anniversary of Earth Day that  shed l...

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Good Morning California! pic.twitter.com/TcWG1runvA — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) September 15, 2021 The Democratic victory in the California recall certainly seems to go some way toward vindicating the core insights that emerged from this recent conversation with @Redistrict : https://t.co/kfjJKSdmx0 — Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 15, 2021

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Gregg Chadwick Frontlines oil on linen 2021 

  Contemplating a vast, formless infinity: Wanderer above a Sea of Mist, by Caspar David Friedrich, 1818. He was born on this day in 1774. pic.twitter.com/j2B7U4Dxsj — Dr. Peter Paul Rubens (@PP_Rubens) September 5, 2021