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by Gregg Chadwick As an LA rams fan since I was a kid, I was disappointed in yesterday's game. But the telecast was enlivened with a powerful pro-journalism statement from The Washington Post. Watch below: ‘Knowing keeps us free.’ — The Washington Post took a huge stand for free speech and journalism during the Super Bowl pic.twitter.com/Pl8ixqJqjT — NowThis (@nowthisnews) February 4, 2019

Gregg Chadwick's "Revenant" Jeffrey Carlson Reporting Editor, Fine Art Today  Specters from a distant past ‐‐ or perhaps another level of existence ‐‐ people the nostalgic and visionary works of Gregg Chadwick. Widely recognized for his figure paintings and cityscapes, Gregg Chadwick presents his latest work in an exhibition titled "Revenant," soon to be unveiled at San Francisco's Sandra Lee Gallery. The exhibition opens July 1, and the opening reception will be held July 10, from 5:30‐7:30 p.m. Gregg Chadwick, "Salish Sea," 2014, oil on linen, 30 x 24 in. Sandra Lee Gallery In viewing Chadwick's paintings, it feels as though we are viewing these people and places through a screen of nostalgic vision. In passages the works are blurred and vague, suggesting forms more than representing them. This lack of definition suggests the uncertainty and vagueness of a lost memory or a fleeting dream; we can picture its shape but a...

Gregg Chadwick and Painting Time Jeffrey Carlson Reporting Contributing Editor, Fine Art Today March 2013 In a new solo exhibition, California artist Gregg Chadwick ambitiously explores the boundaries of time and of representational painting.  Gregg Chadwick, "Grand Central," oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in.    Gregg Chadwick, “Il Poeta di Milano,” oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in. The Time Between, a show of recent paintings by Gregg Chadwick, is now on view at Sandra Lee Gallery in San Francisco. In these paintings Chadwick works lightly and suggestively, as if in the haze of a fragmented vision. Some figures are located in recognizable time and space, like three young women who stroll an open road, one texting and another snooping. In other works the subject is far more enigmatic, the spaces indeterminate, and the figures distorted or mirrored. The conceptual foundation for Chadwick’s recent work comes from a study of time as perce...

Marriage Equality is on the ballot in four states this November: Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington.  The Four 2012   has created an active, evolving campaign that brings the issues around Marriage Equality to light. Each day a new video or graphic will be posted and supporters of Marriage Equality are encouraged to  repost the content via Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, blogs and emails.  Bruce Springsteen and Lady Gaga are featured in supportive ads on  The Four 2012   website . The Springsteen graphic created for the campaign reads:   Listen to The Boss  "The marriage-equality issue should be recognized for what it truly is - a civil rights issue that must be approved to assure that every citizen is treated equally under the law." I couldn't agree more with that statement and urge those who support equal treatment for our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters to let their voices be heard now. -Bruce Springsteen ...