Speed of Life

Post by @anseladams View on Threads Gregg Chadwick Ansel Adams at Point Lobos 11"x14" black and sanguine conté with wash on paper  

Born on 30 July: Emily Brontë (1818), the author of the classic novel, Wuthering Heights, and Kate Bush (1958), the composer of the pop song inspired by the novel.  pic.twitter.com/utirkvhk04 — Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957)  July 30, 2023 Emily Brontë by Patrick Branwell Brontë circa 1833 21 1/2 in. x 13 3/4 in. From the  National Portrait Gallery in London: This portrait "This painting, which was discovered at the same time as the famous group portrait of the Brontë Sisters (see NPG 1725), is apparently all that remains of a group portrait of the Brontës by Branwell Brontë of which it formed the right-hand part. The shape just visible to the left is almost certainly the shoulder and arm of Branwell Brontë, who also appears second from the right in the two other Brontë groups (NPG 1725, where he painted himself out, and the 'Gun Group'), his head forming the apex of a triangular composition. While the identification of the Brontë sisters in the surviving NPG group is ...

100 million records sold 25 Grammys An Oscar RnB Hall of Fame Rock and Roll Hall of Fame  Songwriters Hall of Fame Helped make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday United Nations Messenger of Peace Presidential Medal of Freedom Happy Birthday to Stevie Wonder!

  Gregg Chadwick  “Suspicion (Elvis Presley)”  36”x36” oil on linen 2016 “Gregg Chadwick takes the opposite stance in the oil-on-linen 'Elvis Presley (Suspicion).'  Here, a familiar depiction of the singer is rendered in blurry, shadowy lines, as if his memory is slowly fading and becoming the stuff of rumor and legend tending toward oblivion.” - Fredric Koeppel, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee Since my artwork was included in a series of Elvis themed exhibitions at the L. Ross Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee, I have been reading and re-reading Ray Connolly’s book  Being Elvis: A Lonely Life   which deftly examines Elvis’ life through the lens of Memphis in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Childhood poverty and class aspirations spurred Elvis on in a way that left no room for error in his art but left his life dangerously open to misfortune and eventual tragedy. At the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show in Tupelo, Mississippi on September 26, 1956, Elvi...

by Gregg Chadwick   Gregg Chadwick Arctic Fox 30”x30” oil on linen 2020 Steph Yoon Collection, Irvine, California When I was  in elementary school, I felt a great connection to the natural world and would often wander into the woods near our home to poke around in the creeks to watch tadpoles scurry about and find newts hidden under rocks. On trips to the public library, I would come home with stacks of books on animal life. There was so much to discover and I was determined to learn how to draw animals to learn more about them. I would take a sketchbook and drawing pencils to the zoo to try and capture the animals I encountered on my visits. On trips to the National Gallery in Washington DC, it was the animals in paintings by Delacroix and Rubens that drew me in. Over the years, I have continued to create artworks about animals and recently have created a series of paintings that shed light on climate change, the beauty of the natural world, and our place with other spec...

On this day artist Mark Rothko was born in 1903 (and my Dad in 1929) Honored that Saatchi Art has included my painting "The Music of Time"in their Rothko inspired collection - "Color Field Paintings Inspired by Mark Rothko" Erin Remington writes- "Turning away from the gestural motions characteristic of action painting, Mark Rothko focused on formal elements of his work—color, depth, shape, and scale—creating large swathes of luminous color known as color field painting. Meet the contemporary artists exploring this iconic style." 50 Artworks curated by Erin Remington Manager of Art Advisory & Curation at Saatchi Art Gregg Chadwick The Music of Time 40"x30" oil on linen  Link at -  https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Color-Field-Paintings-Inspired-by-Mark-Rothko/1586325/697695/view Direct Link at - https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-The-Music-of-Time/25560/1502343/view #art   #contemporarypainting   #MarkRothko   #HappyBirthday   #B...

As David Corn says: "Happy Birthday to  @springsteen Thanks for the decades of music and inspiration Bruce.  This is one of my favorite outtakes:"

Bill Evans , known for his work with Miles Davis was born on this day in 1929. Evans received 7 Grammy's and 31 nominations for his work as a jazz pianist and composer. Steve Silberman writes that " E vans once told a friend that a musician should be able to maintain focus on a single tone in his mind for at least five minutes—and in playing like this, he achieved a nearly mystical immersion in the music: a state of pure, undistracted concentration. Even before writers like Jack Kerouac and Gary Snyder made Buddhism a subject of popular fascination in America, Evans saw parallels between meditative practice and the keen, alert state that jazz improvisation demands, when years of work on perfecting tone and technique suddenly drop away and a direct channel opens up between the musician’s brain and his or her fingers." Bill Evans wrote Waltz for Debby for his niece, and it's a celebration of life. More on Bill Evans at - Broken Time https://culture.org/broken-time/ ...

Happy Birthday Hayao Miyazaki! https://t.co/UOHEpcCKo3 — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) January 5, 2022 Each year I am pleased to wish Happy Birthday to the amazing Hayao Miyazaki! My first birthday post to Miyazaki from 2011 (reposted below with updates) says it all: Taking Flight: Thoughts on the Art of Hayao Miyazaki on His 81st Birthday by Gregg Chadwick Celluloid Dreams at the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka, Japan I woke up from a dream this morning that seemed to have been pulled from a Hayao Miyazaki film. In my dream a tender sapling reached towards the light as it sprouted from my wrist. Above, russet clouds moved in a cerulean sky. I look to my dreams as openings rather than fortunes. Yet, since I recently returned from Tokyo, I should remember that in Japan the first dreams of the New Year, hatsu-yume 初夢, traditionally provide markers for the dreamer's upcoming year. Hayao Miyazaki Sketch for Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) pencil and watercolor on paper 2001 (Ghib...

So -- at which great Older Master was Picasso (born OTD 1881) looking when he painted Guernica in 1937? Of course you know this! pic.twitter.com/PiRttosVFr — Dr. Peter Paul Rubens (@PP_Rubens) October 25, 2021   Pablo Picasso Reads About Pablo Picasso.  Born on this day, in 1881

Happy Birthday James Baldwin! ‘It is a terrible thing for an entire people to surrender to the notion that one-ninth of its population is beneath them.’ — James Baldwin died over 30 years ago, but his words on the condition of the American spirit are as true as they’ve ever been pic.twitter.com/hYDQCO43zt — NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 3, 2018 "It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have." James Baldwin would have been 94 today. pic.twitter.com/GphrEVVZ0U — The Leadership Conference (@civilrightsorg) August 2, 2018

Rachel Carson's Powerful Legacy Rachel Carson photo courtesy of rachelcarson.org Today I would like to honor the groundbreaking environmentalist Rachel Carson, whose book  Silent Spring  sounded one of the first alarms about the detrimental effect of pesticides on the eco-system. The natural world was my first love as a kid and reading Carson's work was instrumental in spurring me on to look deeply at and respect the complexities of our endangered environment. Carson's interest in conservation began with her early work as a marine biologist, which led to her award winning book,  The Sea Around Us . Subsequently, nature writing provided a powerful vehicle for Carson to bring mainstream attention to the chemicals being dumped daily into our streams and rivers. Her work inspired global bans of the pesticide DDT  and helped foster the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States. I encourage you to honor Rachel Carson's legacy by spen...

by Gregg Chadwick 100 years ago today, the seminal artist Jacob Lawrence was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. When Lawrence was in his teens his family moved to Harlem in New York City, where he studied art with Charles Alston at the Harlem Art Workshop. When Lawrence graduated from the American Artists School in New York he became a participant in the WPA Federal Art Project.  The young artist broke new ground in 1941 with The Migration Series which garnered national attention. I find the video below from the Phillips Collection  in which Lawrence discusses The Migration Series  fascinating: During World War II, while in the United States Coast Guard, first as a public relations specialist on the USS Sea Cloud, and then as a combat artist on the USS Gen. Richardson, Lawrence created a series of artworks documenting his vantage point on the war.   Jacob Lawrence No. 2 Control Panel, Nerve Center of Ship, gouache and watercolor on board Co...

Happy birthday Vincent! #VisitBrabant @VanGoghBrabant @VanGoghEurope pic.twitter.com/IODLfNyD98 — VisitBrabant (@VisitBrabant) March 30, 2017

Gregg Chadwick  ‏ @ greggchadwick     1m 1 minute ago Sant a Monica, CA Happy birthday J.M.W. Turner! # Turner # PaintingSetFree Currently @ GettyMuseum http://www. getty.edu/mobile/ gettygu ide /center/exhibitions/turner/artifacts/248344_2111.html   … More Thoughts to Follow...