Speed of Life

  I reorganized my paints yesterday after fervent months in the studio painting the work for Mystery Train. Tubes of oil paint squeezed into empty twisted shells and stray caps marked only by a tell tale ring of color  were discarded. Brushes, newly cleaned, stand at attention ready for new work. A clean glass palette now sits on top of a used stack of brightly daubed surfaces. Painting trains seems to bring daily reminders of change, of process, of journeys. When a train or plane turns around for its trip back home, there is little time for introspection. Vehicles are cleaned, engines refueled, often a new crew is added - new passengers and new travels await. As Mystery Train prepares to depart San Francisco, I ask you to celebrate with me at a closing party and artist talk on February 27th at the Sandra Lee Gallery (details below) if you are in the Bay Area. I have listed below a series of events, exhibitions, press, and more that give a glimpse into the excitement around My...

         Artist Talk and Closing Party for  Mystery Train  on Feb 27, 2016 2-4pm    Read more about  Mystery Train  in the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-leonardo-/gregg-chadwicks-mystery-t_b_9203570.html?utm_hp_ref=arts&ir=Arts     A selection of Gregg Chadwick’s paintings from the   Mystery Train   series was exhibited at the Palm Springs Fine Art Fair from February 11-14 in the Sandra Lee Gallery booth. (Photo by   Eric Minh Swenson ) Gregg spoke at the booth on February 12, 2016.   Jersey Rain (Across the Tracks)   was illustrated in the catalog and Gregg’s talk was featured as well.

Gregg Chadwick Pennsylvania 4901 54”x54” oil on linen 2014                                                  Recent Events: Winter 2014 1. My paintings were featured in the Sandra Lee Gallery booth  at  the  Palm Springs Fine Art Fair -an international art fair held Feb 13-16, 2014  at the Convention Center in Palm Springs, California. 2. From January 9, 2014 until February 28, 2014, at the Sandra Lee Gallery in San Francisco, California, my paintings were included in a group exhibition along with work by Kathryn Arnold, Henry Jackson, Irena Kononova, Jeremy Morgan, Jeffrey Palladini, Hyun Su Park, Daniel Phill, George Rivera, Jungsan Senim and others.  3. I was recently interviewed by the  Los Angeles Business Journal   for an article about the Saatchi Art Gallery....