Poolside
Gregg Chadwick Poolside 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 al...