Seeing Through the Eyes of the Mona Lisa: Group Photo Exhibit Opening Saturday, September 10, 2011 at Arena 1 Gallery in Santa Monica, California

Symphonie des Lichts (Symphony of Light)
photo by Gregg Chadwick

Seeing Through the Eyes of the Mona Lisa
ARENA 1 Gallery

Curated by Yossi Govrin & Krista Augius

Exhibition: Sept. 10 – Oct. 1, 2011
Opening Reception with Baroque Music: Sept. 10, 6-9 p.m.

The camera is ubiquitous in contemporary life. Nearly everyone is a
photographer, most often recording the personal and mundane
but occasionally capturing news-breaking images of world historical
importance. With digital cameras, we have become instant gratification
consumers of our own portraits. What are we looking at, and what are
we seeing?

Photographers include Sabine Pearlman, Gregg Chadwick, Doni Silver Simons, Kathy Peck Leeds, Yossi Govrin, David Leeds, Krista Augius, & more...

Saturday, Sept 10 6-9pm
Exhibition: Sept 10 - Oct 1, 2011
3026 Airport Ave,Santa Monica,CA90405

More info at: 310/397-7456

3rd Annual Santa Monica Airport Artwalk on Saturday, March 28 from 1 to 5 pm and Doni Silver Simons Opens at Sherry Frumkin, March 26 from 6-9 pm

2010 Update: The 4th Annual Santa Monica Airport Artwalk is on March 20, 2010 from 1-5pm
Details at:
Airport Artwalk


Gregg Chadwick
The Presence of Light
48"x36" oil on linen 2009

When a painting seems to be finished I ask,
"Is the work open enough to allow the viewer
to enter into the painting and find their own
path or story?" If not, I dive back in again.

Coming up soon is the 3rd Annual Santa Monica Airport Artwalk on Saturday, March 28 from 1 to 5 pm. My studio will be open and I will have a group of new paintings on view. This will be a nice opportunity for you to take some time off from the stresses of our twittering world and to enter into my paintings in search of your own paths or stories.

I will be in Tokyo but my talented friend, the singer/songwriter/dancer Kelly Colbert, will be on hand to answer questions and to engage you in conversation about art and perhaps, life?


Gregg Chadwick
Zeitgeist
48"x36" oil on linen 2009

Also, that same week, the numinous artist, Doni Silver Simons', exhibition "....lines...." will open at the Sherry Frumkin Gallery on Thursday, March 26, 2009. The reception runs from 6-9pm. The Sherry Frumkin Gallery is in the same hangar as my studio, as is Doni's studio. As an act of community, Doni has asked us to open our studios during her opening on Thursday, March 26. Kelly Colbert will be on hand in my studio on the 26th as well. I am fortunate to have such a group of intelligent, talented and caring artists and gallerists around me. When the news of the world threatens to throttle our creative souls, a shared artistic community can help keep us on the path. Doni Silver Simon's work marks the passage of time yet its open spaces are less elegiac than timeless. Like the photos of Hiroshi Sugimoto, Doni Silver Simons limns the ineffable space of time.


Doni Silver Simons
Neilah
16'3"w x 7'h
Acrylic on Linen



The Santa Monica Art Studios are located at 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405.
My studio is #15



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