Speed of Life

  Gregg Chadwick Luminists 24"x18" oil on Legion Oil paper 2025 My oil painting "Luminists" was inspired by a moment pulled from a visit to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. A couple visiting the museum appeared to be wrapped in the colors of the vibrant artworks on the walls - a jewel-toned moment of connection. Their palpable joy expanded into the museum galleries. The quiet magic that unfolds between two people. Art and life intertwined. "Luminists" serves as a daily reminder of the beauty of shared experiences. On Exhibit Sept 25-28 - The Other Art Fair L.A. 20% off tickets available at this link https://toaf.com/45WSaOF #TheColorofTime   #TheOtherArtFair   #love   #community   #contemporaryart   #LAStories   #pullingthemoment   #gettyinspired

  Gregg Chadwick The Color of Time 48"x48" oil on linen 2025 New Paintings by Gregg Chadwick “Story is our only boat for sailing on the river of time.” - Ursula K. Le Guin "Your mind is more free. It can think, and is in the present. It can remember, and at once is in the past. It can imagine, and at once is in the future, in its own choice of all the possible futures.Your mind can travel through time!." - Eric Frank Russell "I find myself drawn to artworks, architectural spaces, and transportation devices that meld the past and present. While living in San Francisco, I lived a few blocks from the Main Library and watched as architect Gae Aulenti transformed the Beaux Arts building into the Asian Art Museum. Aulenti referred to the mix of past and present in her architectural renovations as a 'double ambiguity.' With sketchbook and camera in hand, I roam spaces that carry this double ambiguity- sketching details, pulling visual moments, and jotting down...

 by Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick Berlin Diary 30”x22” ink on paper 2018 Painted as an homage to Christopher Isherwood, "Berlin Diary" depicts a fleeting moment in a city of dreams. As I created this artwork, I listened to the haunting soundtrack from the film "A Single Man" based on an Isherwood novel set in Los Angeles. Painted in ink and gouache over a monotype substrate, "Berlin Diary" combines vibrant color and movement to create a scene of mystery and possibility. Isherwood's life in Berlin from 1929 to 1933 inspired his "The Berlin Stories" which was adapted into a play, a film, and the musical  Cabaret . In 1939 he moved to the United States as war loomed in Europe and settled in Los Angeles. Isherwood's life and work helped spur on the gay rights movement. Isherwood's books include the novel "A Single Man" and his autobiography, "Christopher and His Kind." Isherwood died of cancer on January 4, 1986. Isher...

We can drive out hate with love. Online, on the streets, in legislative halls, at the polls, in religious groups, at home, in schools. But love is not weak and passive. It is immersed, intentional, and inspired. — Be A King (@BerniceKing) November 20, 2022

  Gregg Chadwick Promenade 7"x5" oil on panel 2021 Private Collection, Austin, Texas Honored that my painting, Promenade , is included in the new Art for Someone You Love collection on Saatchi Art curated by Erin Remington (Assistant Curator at Saatchi Art). Erin writes,"Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight––art history is full of extraordinary and remarkable love stories. Discover a new work in this collection of artworks inspired by passion, love, and all things romance." Collectors With Their New Painting at The Other Art Fair, Barker Hangar 2018 Gregg Chadwick  Love In a Blue Time 7"x5" oil on panel Private Collection, Los Angeles, California I enjoy painting couples. I continue to create a series of artworks depicting partners caught in moments of intimacy. Gregg Chadwick The Runners 5"x5" oil on panel 2018 Private Collection, Los Angeles With Valentine's Day coming up I woul...

Thom Kunz & Whitney Pearsall "Valentine's Day" (Bruce Springsteen) cover

Gregg Chadwick Lightning (Edith Desch) 36"x 24" oil on linen 2018 Jersey Memories - Grandma Desch by Gregg Chadwick When I was little and my dad was off in Vietnam during the war, we lived in a small, rented carriage house behind a big estate. On the way to school each morning we would walk by the train platform full of commuters waiting for their ride into the city. I knew my Grandpa Desch drove trains and I often wondered as we passed over the tracks on the bridge on Ridgewood Avenue whether he was in one of the engines down below. It's only thirty minutes by train from Glen Ridge, New Jersey, to Penn Station in Manhattan. Yet, there seemed to be a world of difference between my town with its quiet gas-lamp lit streets and the bustling avenues in New York City. The train was the artery between those two worlds and I never forgot it.  The kitchen in Garwood was where Grandma Desch would spread her warmth.  In a similar fashion...

by Gregg Chadwick Dear Loved Ones, As you know Tuesday’s election results have released a toxic brew of misogyny, anti LGBT, anti immigrant, anti global warming, and outright racist actions and rhetoric from out of control Trump supporters. There is so much hate out there for trans folks - as well as lesbians and gays and people of color. People have asked me what they can do. First off - love and protect the vulnerable among us. Words are not enough. Action is needed so that our families and communities feel protected from the hate. The California Legislature has stated such in no uncertain terms: "By a margin in the millions, Californians overwhelmingly rejected politics fueled by resentment, bigotry, and misogyny. The largest state of the union and the strongest driver of our nation’s economy has shown it has its surest conscience as well. California is – and must always be – a refuge of justice and opportunity for people of all walks, talks, ages and aspirations...