Setsuko's Room

Gregg Chadwick
Setsuko's Room
30"x40" oil on canvas 2011

Clarence Clemons Dies at 69

I'm listening to Clarence Clemons playing with Gary US Bonds as I mourn the Big Man's passing.


Great solo by Clarence Clemons on Gary US Bonds' amazing version of Steve Van Zandt's Daddy's Come Home. This video was shot in Japan and adds a personally bittersweet tinge to an already emotional song.

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Backstreets on Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons, Springsteen’s Soulful Sideman, Dies at 69

The Poet's Spring: Art/House 2011 for Habitat for Humanity

Gregg Chadwick
The Color of Wind
(Whispers of the Rail, The Petaled Road, Spring Departure)
30"x72" oil on linen 2011 (triptych)

"In the cherry blossom's shade
there's no such thing
as a stranger."
by Kobayashi Issa
(1763 - 1828)

"In Japanese Zen poetry, spring blossoms, particularly cherry blossoms, are often used as symbols for the simple, natural, unfolding springtime of enlightenment.

In the "shade" or, you might say, beneath the canopy of enlightenment, there is no longer any sense of separation. Nothing and no one is foreign to you. There is no such thing as a stranger."
- Ivan M. Granger

I am always honored to support Habitat for Humanity with my art. My donation this year reflects my interests in Japan and Japanese culture with my triptych The Color of Wind.


Whispers of the Rail
30"x24" oil on linen 2011


The Petaled Road
30"x24" oil on linen 2011


Spring Departure
30"x24" oil on linen 2011

Details on Art/House 2011 for Habitat for Humanity Below:

PLEASE JOIN US FOR
BUILDING HOPE THROUGH ART
BENEFITTING HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER LOS ANGELES

Art Event & Silent Auction
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

To preview art please visit: Art/House 2011 on flickr

7:00pm - 10:00pm RSVP Required: to RSVP please visit - Art/House 2011 Reservations

Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served Music stylings by DJ Fat Albert Einstein
ARENA 1 GALLERY at SANTA MONICA ART STUDIOS
3026 Airport Avenue • Santa Monica, California 90405

For more information, call Patty Lee at 424.246.3178

Art for Japan at the Torrance Museum of Art

On Saturday, March 26, 2011 the Torrance Art Museum held a fundraiser for the Japanese Red Cross to help with the humanitarian needs of post-tsunami Japan. I donated my painting Illume for the cause. This oil painting of a young Buddhist monk, seemingly caught in the glow of prayer candles, resonates hope in mourning, acceptance and rebirth.


Gregg Chadwick
Illume
16"x20" oil on linen 2011



Ongoing until April 30, 2011 at the Torrance Museum of Art is the exhibition Gateway Japan curated by Yuko Wakaume, Ei Kibukawa, and Max Presneill.

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Torrance Art Museum