Speed of Life

Engine Company , a photo by GreggChadwick on Flickr. As part of my current exhibit at the Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, "Engine Company" is on loan to the Monterey Fire Department. The painting will be displayed for the next month in Station #1 located at 600 Pacific Street, Monterey, California. I feel it is vital to take contemporary art out of the gallery and into the streets. I am honored that my work dedicated to brave Union workers across the globe hangs in Station #1.

Gregg Chadwick Theater of Memory 48"x48" oil on canvas 2011 Theater of Memory New Paintings by Gregg Chadwick Curated by Melissa Pickford Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery Opening on October 4, 2011 Runs until November 4, 2011 One could say we all create paintings as we distill meaning from the rush of life. Experiences, moments, thoughts, actions, memories, and dreams mix together and overlap in our minds and hearts bringing patterns and understanding in our everyday life. My paintings in the exhibit, Theater of Memory at the Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, echo this cognitive-emotional process. My artworks evolve through a series of painting sessions in which colors and images overlap, merge, and flow. At times, my paintings begin close to home with remembered dreams of family members. In the title painting, Theater of Memory , my much loved late nephew Luke Chadwick appeared unbidden, but at the perfect moment. His faint smile recalled a day ...