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| Oracle of Milan 40"x30" oil on linen 2014 |
The video is backed by The National's haunting song England, which has been on a National heavy playlist that has played throughout my painting sessions for Oracle of Milan.
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Showing posts with label Review by Jeffrey Carlson in Fine Art Connoisseur Gregg Chadwick and Painting Time. Show all posts
Saturday, May 03, 2014
Oracle of Milan
by Gregg Chadwick
Oracle of Milan is the first in an upcoming series of time lapse videos that document the stages and alterations inherit in my painting process. The first impression is key in the formation of an artwork and the opening frames of the video show that something dynamic is present in this new painting. I allow the painting to speak to me with visual clues that lead to new paths. Oracle of Milan was begun in June 2013. Over the past year, I have added and subtracted figures, colors, and elements to arrive at the last frames of the video which show the painting today. Is it finished? Is anything ever finished? Only time will tell.
The video is backed by The National's haunting song England, which has been on a National heavy playlist that has played throughout my painting sessions for Oracle of Milan.
The video is backed by The National's haunting song England, which has been on a National heavy playlist that has played throughout my painting sessions for Oracle of Milan.
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Easter Light
by Gregg Chadwick
The great religious historian, Huston Smith said something similar to me when he professed his deep admiration for the wisdom traditions of the East yet described his spiritual practice as rooted in his childhood upbringing as the son of a Protestant missionary family in pre WWII China. Springsteen seems to echo Huston Smith's thought that spirituality can quickly become mush if time has not been given to one's own history. Only by knowing who we are and where we come from can we understand that the beauty of religion, and life, is found in inclusion not exclusion.
Bruce Springsteen - Jesus Was An Only Son - live on Storytellers
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Gregg Chadwick Joshua Tree 24"x24" oil on linen 2014 |
My recent paintings are taking me to times and places that have deep resonance. This newest body of work is marked by time and memory and explores our present reality in the context of the sometimes hauntingly real shadows that come and go in our daily existence.
At times spiritual echoes find their way into my art. Sometimes this sense of something bigger or deeper than ourselves is found in the images and locations created within the paintings. At other times this numinous quality is carried by the light within the work.
Recently in the studio, I have been thinking about the works of Caspar David Friedrich in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin. Many of Friedrich's paintings depict what I see as an Easter light - a light of promise and redemption.
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Caspar David Friedrich Village Landscape In Morning Light 21 5/8"x28" oil on canvas 1822 Nationalgalerie, Berlin photo by Gregg Chadwick |
This morning I have been playing a video of Bruce Springsteen playing his moving ballad, Jesus Was an Only Son. Almost ten years ago I wrote - Bruce Springsteen is not afraid to create music with deep spiritual roots. “I was brought up Catholic -"Jesus is my home boy", Springsteen exclaimed to the audience at the Pantages - then gently moved into Jesus Was an Only Son.
Bruce Springsteen - Jesus Was An Only Son - live on Storytellers
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Deerhead Diner
by Gregg Chadwick
Like a scene pulled from a Scorsese film or lifted from a Sopranos’ episode, my painting “Deerhead Diner” evokes an American scene of tough guys and two bit joints. Inspired by an actual diner I would visit in Queens near LaGuardia airport, “Deerhead Diner” depicts a timeless yet vanishing world.
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Gregg Chadwick
24”x36” oil on linen 2014
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Il Poeta di Milano at Dwell on Design With Saatchi Online
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Gregg Chadwick Il Poeta di Milano (The Poet of Milan) 24"x18" oil on linen 2012 Dwell on Design
Dwell on Design, America’s largest design event,
returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center
June 21-23, 2012. Curated by the editors of Dwell magazine,
the three-day celebration brings together
the best and brightest products, services,
and thought leaders in modern design today
for a series of conversations, demonstrations, tours,
and much more.
In addition to featuring over 350 exhibitors on the show floor,
Dwell on Design encourages an ongoing design dialogue,
showcasing over 70 presentations on three separate stages.
Show Hours
Friday, June 21 10:00am - 7:00pm
Saturday, June 22 10:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday, June 23 10:00am - 4:00pm
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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