Speed of Life

E N T E R " Echoing layered fragments from the past," Gregg Chadwick's paintings resemble a "fragile palimpsest," offering "under images that bring forth mysterious fragments" from his subconscious. Please Click Enter & Wander Through An Evocative Feature on the Art of Gregg Chadwick Curated by Stuart Vail and Joanne Warfield " We need to embrace the beauty of Art to grace our lives and hope that the fruit of the Muses will prevail. I maintain that our salvation may lie in the hands of those who embrace beauty, those in whose works celebrate the majesty and purity of life itself." — Stuart Vail, Editor

Edvard Munch The Scream 23.5" x 32" pastel on board 1895  This pastel, one of four versions of Edvard Munch's The Scream, sold tonight at Sotheby's for a new world record for any work of art at auction - $119.9 million. In blood red paint on the front of the original frame that holds this pastel version of The Scream , Munch wrote the words to his poem that inspired the image: I was walking along the road with two friends. The Sun was setting —  The Sky turned a bloody red And I felt a whiff of Melancholy — I stood  Still, deathly tired — over the blue-black Fjord and City hung Blood and Tongues of Fire  My Friends walked on — I remained behind — shivering with Anxiety. I felt the great Scream in Nature. Carol Vogel in the New York Times writes: "Munch made four versions of The Scream , three of which are now in Norwegian museums; the one that sold on Wednesday, a pastel on board from 1895, was the only one still in private hands. It was sol...