Speed of Life

 by Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick The Wound-Dresser (Walt Whitman, Washington D.C., US Civil War, 1865) 30” X 24” oil on linen 2011 "The eyes transcend the medium." -R.B. Morris (Poet, Musician, Songwriter)    Walt Whitman's poetry is a continual source of inspiration for me. Whitman's life story is also deeply moving. In December 1862 Walt Whitman saw the name of his brother George, a Union soldier in the 51st New York Infantry, listed among the wounded from the battle of Fredericksburg. Whitman rushed from Brooklyn to the Washington D.C. area to search the hospitals and encampments for his brother. During this time Walt Whitman gave witness to the wounds of warfare by listening gently to the injured soldiers as they told their tales of battle.   Whitman often spent time with soldiers recovering from their injuries in the Patent Office Building (now home to the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum), which had been converted into a hospi...

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...

Gregg Chadwick The Artist (Joseph Beuys) Oil on Linen 24.00 x 30.00 in 61.0 x 76.2 cm Unique Work This work is signed, titled, and dated on verso. Honored to have my art recognized by @artspace as a featured artist! Link here: http://www. artspace.com /   and here:  http://www.artspace.com/gregg-chadwick Follow This Artist Below you will find a rarely featured video by the artist Joseph Beuys from 1982.

Explore open studios, watch artful demonstrations, enjoy live music, food trucks and family friendly activities. Painting, sculpture, ceramics, and mixed media will be represented and many artists will be selling work from their studios and offering refreshments.  More than 60 local artists and performers will have their private studios and works on view. The airport has developed over time into an arts incubator, and is home to a number of creative venues housed in converted airplane hangars. click here to view the full  ARTWALK PROGRAM ARENA 1   presents: Decade of Dissent: Democracy in Action, 1965-1975 ,  an exhibition featuring protest posters that reveal the persuasive power of art to inspire ideals of democracy.   www.arena1gallery.com 12:30pm GUIDED TOUR  with Carol Wells, founder of the  Center for the Study of Political Graphics , the largest repository of post–World War II ...

The Azure Hour , GreggChadwick   40" x 30" oil on linen 2012 I'm excited to announce that my work has been featured in today's Saatchi newsletter. Here is a link to share with all: http://eepurl.com/sJ8y9 What a perfect time of the day...."The Azure Hour." Painting by Saatchi Online artist Gregg Chadwick (LA). Learn more about this wonderful piece and view Gregg's portfolio here: http://saatol.us/UHezq1 Happy Holidays !

Study for The City Dreams ,  GreggChadwick   12"x12" oil on linen 2012 Will be exhibited at the Sandra Lee Gallery in San Francisco, California during the upcoming Holiday Group Show which runs from December 4th through the 29th. Opening Reception: Saturday, Dec 8, 2012 from 4pm to 6pm at the Sandra Lee Gallery  251 Post Street, Suite 310 San Francisco, CA 94108  415.291.8000 art@sandraleegallery.com

by Gregg Chadwick President Barack Obama comforts Donna Vanzant today in Brigatine, New Jersey (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)   The Megastorm Sandy roared into the Atlantic Coast on Monday night.  A thousand mile wide swath of destruction marked its path. The storm raged from the Carolinas to New England,  dumped a massive freak snowfall on West Virginia and  flooded much of coastal New Jersey and New York City. Hundreds of thousands lost electricity, buildings were washed away, homes burned to the ground, and many died. But it could have been so much worse. As the night of Sandy wore on, many of us were reminded of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the feeble efforts to save the city of New Orleans. I was on twitter most of the night, communicating via 140 character messages what we knew and how to reach help. People were scared, information was spotty and at times poisoned with fake news from a now disgraced  Republican campaign manager who cruel...

Gregg Chadwick Occupy 40"x30" oil on linen 2012 I am pleased to invite you to the 8th Anniversary Celebration of the Santa Monica Art Studios at the Santa Monica Airport. Come by this weekend - Saturday, October 13th from 6-9PM and Sunday, October 14th from 1-5 PM for a sneak peek at my new work in Studio #15 and the other amazing artists in our 22,000 square foot art laboratory. Gregg Chadwick Studio #15 3026 Airport Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90405

by Gregg Chadwick Graphic by Txvoodoo Last night's Presidential Debate revealed a new Romney style to the public: a smirking, manipulative and untruthful Mitt whose only  strategy seemed to be lying baldfacedly about his policy ideas. Already,  Romney has had to admit that he pushed misinformation in the debate to  Mike Grunwald , the author of the brilliant new book - The New New Deal .    I agree with Paul Krugman and Tyler Green: Most of the commentary about last night's debate seems to be " theater criticism. " MSNBC even pulled James Lipton on-screen, host of Inside The Actors Studio , to critique the debate as if it were simply a theatrical romp. Romney, admittedly. delivered his lines forcefully and often condescendingly, but his words were full of evasion, hesitation, mis-truth, and outright lies. Romney came across as an infomercial huckster.  In contrast President Obama was calm, empathetic, often bemused, professorial, a bit ...