Speed of Life

by Gregg Chadwick 🎧  @dublab  keeps the energy high at the turntables Last night the rain cleared just in time for the opening of the latest edition of The Other Art Fair at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. We strolled across the street from my studio at the 18th Street Arts Center and enjoyed seeing old friends and their artwork as well as meeting  artists for the first time and chatting with them about their art and sources of inspiration. Below, amidst their creations are photos of some of the new artists that we met.   Cortney Herron Los Angeles "As humans, we can be all over the place – thoughts and ideas swirling left and right. From the process to the technique, to the finished piece, it’s my artistic mission to capture those unique and special moments that make us feel connected to this abundant world. That unique moment in time where the reality of life – good, bad, and everything in between – is looking at you right in the face. And hopefully you begin ...

Pleased to let you know that tomorrow, March 9, 2023 from 12 noon to 1pm as part of @18thstreetarts ongoing Professional Development Series, I will discuss applying for and hosting a booth at The Other Art Fair. Please join me as I describe what it is like to host a booth at The Other Art Fair, what you need to do to apply, costs involved, and some hints on best practices for hosting your own booth. Artists in residence at 18th Street Arts Center, get the Zoom link in the Artist Portal. Borderless members, get the Zoom link on Patreon or on the Borderless membership portal. More on joining Borderless for as little as $5 at this link - https://www.patreon.com/18thstreetarts?utm_source=https%3A%2F%2F18thstreet.org%2Farts-professional-2%2F&utm_medium=patreon_wordpress_plugin&utm_campaign=6141761&utm_term=&utm_content=creator_profile_link_in_text_over_interface Hope to see you via Zoom tomorrow! #art #TheOtherArt Fair #SantaMonicaArts #GreggChadwick #18thStreetArtsCenter #c...

  On a warm summer afternoon, a couple strolls arm in arm in my painting "Promenade". Peace, love, and light reign in this moment. Thanks to  @saatchiart ,  @theotherartfair ,  @nicolegarton ,  @bsalatinooo_  for all their hard work in featuring and placing my work. To my new collectors - Thank You! Life is fragile folks - spend time with the ones you love. #art   #artsales   #theotherartfair   #theotherartfairla   #Promenade   #UnderTheMilkyWay   #todayistheday

  Gregg Chadwick Monk Station 30"x30"oil on linen 2020 "Move towards the light", a friend said to me as we wandered the streets of Montreal on a crisp spring afternoon. My painting "Monk Station" is inspired by that day and depicts a saffron robed pilgrim in a 21st century urban moment. The monk is moving towards the light. Set in a subway station in Montreal, this painting looks at the place of the spirit in our fast paced lives. Honored that "Monk Station" was curated into Los Angeles Latest Collections by Briana Salatino, Fair Assistant at The Other Art Fair: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/photography-painting-sculpture-drawing-new-media-collage/New-Originals-for-2000-Under-Week-of-Sept-27/1093891/631397/view Direct Link at  https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Monk-Station/25560/7473981/view Thanks again to everyone who enjoyed my paintings at  @theotherartfair #theotherartfair   #theotherartfairla   #art   #artshow   #la   #los...

  Gregg Chadwick Frida Kahlo 10"x10"oil on cigar box 2021 Private Collection Los Angeles My oil on wood cigar box painting of Frida Kahlo is the latest in a series of artworks that amplifies the shared culture between Mexico and the United States. Frida was a dynamo. Her artworks explore the realms of myth, memory, and physical reality in groundbreaking ways. My latest portrait of Frida is an homage to her work and influence. My painting imagines Frida when she lived in San Francisco. In 1930-31 Frida and Diego Rivera lived at 716 Montgomery Street in San Francisco, just down the hill from North Beach and Chinatown. Frida met and created with a group of artists who energized her creative process. KQED notes that "For six months, the couple stayed at the studio of Rivera’s old classmate and friend, sculptor Ralph Stackpole, who introduced them to an eclectic group of writers, painters and photographers." For a number of years, I lived in San Francisco at the corner o...

  Gregg Chadwick Tax the Rich 12"x9"oil on panel 2021 Congressional Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez created headlines around the globe with her Tax the Rich Dress worn at the 2021 Met Gala. The socially provocative dress was designed by Aurora James who said in the New York Times: Listen, it would be a lot easier to go to the Met Gala and just wear a really beautiful dress and look really beautiful and have a good time. But that was not her intention, right? Her intention was to take a conversation that’s largely existing in working-class communities and bring it into rooms where that conversation might be a little bit more uncomfortable. It’s not easy to show up in a room like that, with a statement like that. There’s a lot of people who gain access to rooms like that and are too afraid to rock the boat." My painting celebrates AOC, Aurora James, and everyone rocking the boat. Thanks to everyone who commented on and enjoyed the painting at  @theotherartfair #t...

  View this email in your browser       Gregg Chadwick The Greatest of Wanderers 54"x54" oil on linen 2021   Gregg Chadwick  at The Other Art Fair Los Angeles   Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California  Opening September 23, 2021   Please find me in Booth 83    Featuring New Paintings About Our Fragile Earth & Humanity's Tensile Strength I first became aware of the fragile nature of our planet as an  elementary  school student. For Christmas one year,  I asked my parents for the book   Wildlife in Danger   published by the IUCN  (International Union for the Conservation of Nature).  They are still an important organization providing information, plans,  and hope for our endangered earth. Worried about the environment  as a kid, I drew pictures of animals constantly. Now I have brought out  a series of paintings inspired by the 50th anniversary of Earth Day that  shed l...

Just purchased this painting of Anna May Wong, and I love how fierce she looks. Thank you @greggchadwick for your lovely note. My first art purchase for my new LA home — based on an LA woman by an LA artist who heard me interviewing his LA friend from my LA guest bedroom. pic.twitter.com/UKaJpzLMQ0 — Ailsa Chang (@ailsachang) July 2, 2020 Oh @greggchadwick I absolutely love it. Anna is going in my main hallway, where I can pass by her unflinching gaze everyday and channel her ferocity. — Ailsa Chang (@ailsachang) July 2, 2020

The Other Art Fair presents Travels With Gregg Chadwick I am honored to have been chosen this week by The Other Art Fair Los Angeles director Nicole Garton as her Director’s Pick.  Deep thanks to Nicole Garton, The Other Art Fair and Saatchi Art. Please take a journey with me in the paintings below. Arrivals and Departures On June 26, 2015 Marriage Equality became the law of the land and with hundreds of others we celebrated on the Supreme Court steps. Later on that glorious day, I chatted with President Obama’s photographer Pete Souza in front of the White House which was lit up in rainbow colors in celebration of the LGBTQ community. While we watched, the Presidential Marine Corps air unit returned with President Obama from his moving speech at the memorial service for the church folks who were gunned down by a young white supremacist in South Carolina. President Obama sang “Amazing Grace” that day. In her current Netflix film Becoming , Michelle Obam...

Gregg Chadwick Monk Station 30”x30” oil on linen 2020 For 20 years, I have painted artworks inspired by the aspirational nature of Buddhism. "Gregg Chadwick paints scenes from the life of Asia that reminds us of the monastic life of pilgrimage which has been all but lost in the West." -Ratnagarbha and Thomas Jones from "Urthona: Journal of Buddhism and the Arts" Issue 20 Many of my new paintings in 2020 continue this theme.  More art at  The Saffron Road Please join me for the fifth edition in Santa Monica, California hosted at the historic Barker Hangar presented by the world's leading online art gallery Saatchi Art. The Other Art Fair showcases work by over 100 artists artists, each hand picked by a selection committee of art world experts. Please click  here  for free tickets and more info.          The Other Art Fair  Los Angeles        ...