Blue Velvet (David Lynch)

Blue Velvet (David Lynch)

30"x24" oil on linen 2025

by Gregg Chadwick

My oil on linen painting "Blue Velvet (David Lynch" is an homage to a visionary director and his artistic vision.

Lynch thought of Los Angeles as a place of hidden mysteries and breathtaking light. Lynch said: “What I really like about {Los Angeles} if you drive around – especially at night – you can get a little gust of wind of the great days of the silver screen. All there in, like, living memory... it was an incredible place to be at the beginning of cinema.” In my artwork, David Lynch stands beneath the Aero Theater marquee in Santa Monica, California which is emblazoned with the words - "David Lynch's Blue Velvet, Sold Out." Just days after his death, the American Cinematheque held a special screening in his honor. I walked up to the Aero to honor the memory of David Lynch. As I arrived the sun was setting across the Pacific and an elegiac glow lit up the theater on Montana Avenue. In this moment my painting was born.

Today and Every Day I Stand for Science!

 

Today and Every Day I Stand for Science!

Many dedicated researchers/educators/scientists attended @standupforscience2025 rallies all around the country today to protest funding cuts, illegal firings, and censorship of scientists. In response to the attacks, one of the most important things we can do is to visually show that science has strong support in this country, so please join the cause!
My painting "Evidence Based Science" is in the collection of the esteemed Dr. AfAf Meleis: Professor of Nursing and Sociology and Dean Emerita at @uofpenn where she served from 2002 through 2014. This followed her 34-year tenure as a nursing faculty professor at @uclanursing and @ucsfnurse

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