Speed of Life

Frieze Week LA continues as my oil on linen painting "Path of Compassion (Kristine Schomaker in the Guise of the Bodhisattva Tārā)" is featured in the @perceivemeart  Room 203 at the  @thekinneyvenicebeach . Friday, Feb 27: 5-7PM (VIP), 7-10PM (All Access). Saturday, Feb 28: 12-9PM. Sunday, March 1: 12-7PM. Tickets: Available at https://www.startup-art.com/los-angeles My artwork was inspired by the 8th–9th century Sri Lankan sculpture of Tārā housed in the British Museum in London. The painting serves as a bridge between the ancient religious traditions of the Global South and the urban reality of modern Los Angeles. By placing Schomaker—as part of her "Perceive Me" project—within this divine iconography, my painting engages with a broader cultural movement toward authenticity, vulnerability, and the reclamation of the human hand in an era of technological acceleration. Schomaker’s own practice sits at the "intersection of personal healing and collective li...

  Gregg Chadwick’s artwork is featured in “Under One Roof”- a group exhibition opening February 22 in the four-room Propeller Gallery at Santa Monica Airport Arts Center Studios 3026 at 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405.  The show, curated by Los Angeles based art critic, writer and curator Peter Frank, features work by 32 artists with studios in the complex, spanning multiple disciplines. The expansive exhibition celebrates the almost 25-year legacy of the Airport Arts Center Studios 3026 and the vibrant community of creators who have populated and flourished in its studio spaces and galleries, which are currently overseen and managed by Community Arts Resources.  "A few enticing examples to highlight as a sort of teaser to the forthcoming show include: Gregg Chadwick’s narrative paintings that chronicle today’s history-in-the-making events;" -   Liam Otero   in   Whitehot Magazine Read more - " Art Criticism from Afar: Under One Roof " at Santa ...

Experience Creativity in Action at Our Open Studio Event You are invited to Gregg Chadwick’s Studio Open from Noon until Five PM on October 11, 2025 along with over twenty artist colleagues in one historic hangar. Directly across the street from Barker Hangar. Same building, same studio, same address - new paint, and new name! Studio #15, Studios 3026, 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, California 90405 FREE Entrance and FREE Parking Image: Gregg Chadwick, “The Luminists”, 24”x18” oil on Legion Oil paper 2025 Click This Button and Reserve Your Free Tickets at the Link The Other Art Fair LA I want to declare a profound "Thank You!" to all of the 27 collectors that purchased 32 of my original artworks at this amazing edition of The Other Art Fair that ran from September 25-28, 2025 at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Falling in love with an artwork is a magical event. That so many of you felt that spirit at the fair makes me grateful and inspired. I plan to return to TOAF in Fall...