Speed of Life

    Gregg Chadwick Pink Cadillac (Elvis at Graceland) 24”x30” oil on linen 2017   Shake, Rattle and Roll , L Ross Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee         August 3 - 25         Opening Reception: Friday, August 3, 2018.   6 – 8 pm L Ross Gallery continues the August celebration of all things Elvis with an exhibition of contemporary southern artists titled "Shake, Rattle and Roll." The exhibition opens Friday August 3 and continues through August 31 with a rockin’ reception honoring the artists Friday, August 3, 6 to 9 pm, with music provided by Memphis’ DJ Leroy, tribute artists welcome! L Ross Gallery invited several artists to interpret Elvis’ magic in their unique variety of voices and mediums. Diverse examples include Kurt Meer’s stunning oil portrait of Elvis, Matthew Hasty’s oil on canvas of the Graceland Media Room, Jeni Stallings’ dreamy encaustic work, Californi...

by Gregg Chadwick My paintings  Pink Cadillac (Elvis at Graceland)  and  Memphis Train (Arcade Restaurant)  have just arrived at the L Ross Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee for my latest exhibition. They will join my painting  Suspicion (Elvis Presley)  in the exhibition Elvis Has Left the Building which runs from August 2 - 31. This group show, which has become a notable annual event for the L Ross Gallery, will kick off with an opening reception on Friday, August 4 from 6 – 9 pm. In my recent Clark Hulings Fund podcast with Daniel DiGriz , DiGriz caught me implying that Elvis is alive. On the walls of the L Ross Gallery this August, Elvis does live on, but as Fredric Koeppel writes,"his memory is slowly fading and becoming the stuff of rumor and legend tending toward oblivion." The show title makes this poignantly clear. I have been reading Ray Connolly's new book Being Elvis: A Lonely Life   which deftly examines Elvis' life through the len...