Speed of Life

  Gregg Chadwick Ocean, Otters, Oil 40"x40"oil on linen 2021 My oil on linen painting "Ocean, Otters, Oil" was painted as a celebration of nature and as a warning of the dangers of oil spills and environmental destruction. The artwork will be displayed through the month of November 2021 in my latest group exhibition  "SOS - Save Our Seas"at  @lagunaartgallery  in Mission Viejo, California.  Please join me at the opening on November 6, 2021 from 3-6 pm. 555 THE SHOPS AT MISSION VIEJO, MV, CA 92691 suite 928A TF. 1-888-9-FINEART | Gallery 949-257-9008 info@lagunaart.com Gallery Hours: MON - SAT 11AM - 7PM SUN 12PM - 6PM This artwork is part of a new series of paintings that considers the threats to our planet from Climate Change, greed, hate, and war. There is a mysterious beauty to life itself that I am constantly inspired by. I first became aware of the fragile nature of our planet as an elementary school student at Linda Vista Elementary School in Missio...

by Gregg Chadwick   Points of Departure  (An exhibition curated by Maurizzio Hector Pineda)    Gregg Chadwick Flor De Asfalto (for Sergio Arau)  50”x80” oil on linen 2018 (Installation View) "These studio artists offer a visual mediation of time, site, and process. In this time of maelstrom and uncertainty,   Points of Departure   offers a visual respite for viewers to depart from the daily noise of contemporary life." - Maurizzio Hector Pineda, Curator My painting   Flor De Asfalto (for Sergio Arau)   is featured in the Arena 1 exhibition Points of Departure.  With his music, words and images, Sergio Arau has inspired me to create a series of paintings that feature him as the main character in my painted movies. Rock Star, actor, director, screenwriter, and artist Sergio Arau has often performed while wearing gear honoring Mexico's most famous wrestling star El Santo (The Man In the Silver Mask). Known as lucha li...

Gregg Chadwick The Emperor's Train 68"x144" oil on Japanese screen 2014 and   Empire State (Grand Central ) 72"x36" oil on linen 2013  Courtesy Sandra Lee Gallery As part of the Santa Monica Airport Artwalk 2014, my installation "Trains and Stations" will be on view in the Hangar West Gallery at the Santa Monica Art Studios. My studio #15, directly across from the screen, will also be open and will include new paintings on this theme. Opening reception - Saturday, March 15, 2014 from 12 - 5pm "Trains and Stations" was inspired by the powerful music of Michael McDermott and his band The Westies and the memory of my Grandfather Arthur Desch who made his living as a train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. Listen to Trains here:  https://www.facebook.com/westiesmusic/posts/10151723507858995 More at:   The Emperor's Train   http://www.smgov.net/Portals/Culture/content.aspx?id=15034   http://www.smgov...