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Bruce Springsteen - "If I Was the Priest" for Valentine's Day in Houston

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‘If I Was the Priest,’ not played in concert by Springsteen since ’72, makes it into Houston setlist https://t.co/pA7Rf7qd8H — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) February 15, 2023 Review: Bruce Springsteen at Houston’s Toyota Center offers reflective songs alongside old favorites https://t.co/pY8EDyDKLE — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) February 15, 2023

Art for Someone You Love

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  Gregg Chadwick Promenade 7"x5" oil on panel 2021 Private Collection, Austin, Texas Honored that my painting, Promenade , is included in the new Art for Someone You Love collection on Saatchi Art curated by Erin Remington (Assistant Curator at Saatchi Art). Erin writes,"Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight––art history is full of extraordinary and remarkable love stories. Discover a new work in this collection of artworks inspired by passion, love, and all things romance." Collectors With Their New Painting at The Other Art Fair, Barker Hangar 2018 Gregg Chadwick  Love In a Blue Time 7"x5" oil on panel Private Collection, Los Angeles, California I enjoy painting couples. I continue to create a series of artworks depicting partners caught in moments of intimacy. Gregg Chadwick The Runners 5"x5" oil on panel 2018 Private Collection, Los Angeles With Valentine's Day coming up I woul...

He Called Her "Lightning"

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Gregg Chadwick Lightning (Edith Desch) 36"x 24" oil on linen 2018 Jersey Memories - Grandma Desch by Gregg Chadwick When I was little and my dad was off in Vietnam during the war, we lived in a small, rented carriage house behind a big estate. On the way to school each morning we would walk by the train platform full of commuters waiting for their ride into the city. I knew my Grandpa Desch drove trains and I often wondered as we passed over the tracks on the bridge on Ridgewood Avenue whether he was in one of the engines down below. It's only thirty minutes by train from Glen Ridge, New Jersey, to Penn Station in Manhattan. Yet, there seemed to be a world of difference between my town with its quiet gas-lamp lit streets and the bustling avenues in New York City. The train was the artery between those two worlds and I never forgot it.  The kitchen in Garwood was where Grandma Desch would spread her warmth.  In a similar fashion...

Valentine's Day

Gregg Chadwick The Golden Hour 10"x8" oil on panel 2014 Happy Valentine's Day! I thought I would feature a new painting and Bruce Springsteen's haunting version of his song For You to honor lovers across the globe.