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Spotted one of my favorite local artists @greggchadwick displayed At LA Union Station pic.twitter.com/aZMV7gVSau — Theo Marshall (@ImTheoMarshall) April 14, 2023

 by Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick Berlin Diary 30”x22” ink on paper 2018 Painted as an homage to Christopher Isherwood, "Berlin Diary" depicts a fleeting moment in a city of dreams. As I created this artwork, I listened to the haunting soundtrack from the film "A Single Man" based on an Isherwood novel set in Los Angeles. Painted in ink and gouache over a monotype substrate, "Berlin Diary" combines vibrant color and movement to create a scene of mystery and possibility. Isherwood's life in Berlin from 1929 to 1933 inspired his "The Berlin Stories" which was adapted into a play, a film, and the musical  Cabaret . In 1939 he moved to the United States as war loomed in Europe and settled in Los Angeles. Isherwood's life and work helped spur on the gay rights movement. Isherwood's books include the novel "A Single Man" and his autobiography, "Christopher and His Kind." Isherwood died of cancer on January 4, 1986. Isher...

by Gregg Chadwick  For the Metro project "We Are…Portraits of Metro Riders by Local Artists", I painted a portrait of artist, writer, and curator Frida Cano.  Like a steel river, Metro’s E Line connects arts institutions across Los Angeles County. Running from 7th Street in Downtown L.A. to Santa Monica, the E train begins just down Bunker Hill from LA MOCA and the Broad Museum and passes by numerous art cultural centers from the California African-American Museum, to the art gallery districts in West Adams and Culver City, to the Sawtelle Corridor, to Bergamot Station, to the 18th Street Arts Center, ending a few miles from the Ocean Park neighborhood in Santa Monica that inspired artists from Richard Diebenkorn to John Baldessari.  Frida Cano lives in Echo Park and often travels on the E Line to her art curatorial position in Santa Monica. Frida lives and breathes the concerns of our times. She writes,” As an emerging Mexican artist and curator, focused on the reevaluat...

  View this email in your browser       Gregg Chadwick The Greatest of Wanderers 54"x54" oil on linen 2021   Gregg Chadwick  at The Other Art Fair Los Angeles   Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California  Opening September 23, 2021   Please find me in Booth 83    Featuring New Paintings About Our Fragile Earth & Humanity's Tensile Strength I first became aware of the fragile nature of our planet as an  elementary  school student. For Christmas one year,  I asked my parents for the book   Wildlife in Danger   published by the IUCN  (International Union for the Conservation of Nature).  They are still an important organization providing information, plans,  and hope for our endangered earth. Worried about the environment  as a kid, I drew pictures of animals constantly. Now I have brought out  a series of paintings inspired by the 50th anniversary of Earth Day that  shed l...

Los Lobos, from left, is Cesar Rosas, Louie Pérez, David Hidalgo, Conrad Lozano and Steve Berlin. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Great Read at:  Los Lobos nearly called it quits last year. Lucky for L.A., they made a covers album instead https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-07-29/los-lobos-native-sons-covers-album

  Gregg Chadwick Madame Wong's 30"x22"gouache on paper 2021 "Esther Wong had the foresight to seize upon a mythic time in Los Angeles rock history, and her willingness to be open to fresh music that was far removed from her own life experiences helped transform L.A.'s musical landscape. And for that she should be remembered." - Nikki Darling My gouache on paper painting "Madame Wong's" looks back on Los Angeles music history as New Wave and Punk exploded upon the scene. Esther Wong opened her groundbreaking Chinatown club in 1978. Notable bands that she showcased included Los Lobos, The Knack, The Police, The Motels, The Members, Fishbone, The Go-Go's, X, The Alley Cats, The Bangs, Oingo Boingo, Los Illegals, Candy, Guns N' Roses, Black Flag, Daniel Amos, Fear, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the Ramones. Madame Wong's  is part of a new series of paintings crafted as magic lenses that combine the past, present, and future of Los Angeles....

Gregg Chadwick Einstein's Dreams 48"x36" oil on linen 2019  Good Morning! Things move at the speed of light in my studio. Getting ready for my next exhibition. Excited to let you know that I will have a booth at  The Other Art Fair  September 5-8, 2019 in Santa Monica at Barker Hangar.  And I will be exhibiting at the inaugural  The Other Art Fair  in Dallas September 19-22, 2019. My new painting “Einstein’s Dreams” shifts the focus to the nature of time itself.  @theotherartfair   #TheOtherArtFair #LosAngeles   #art #science   #Physics   #artistsoninstagram     #MondayMotivation #Timeflux   #art   #categoricallynot #kccole   #greggchadwick

"My heart goes out to the other mothers who are still aching for their children. I pray for them to have strength, and that they encounter people who can help carry their spirits, like the other women in the detention facilities did for me. In the face of such cruelty, it made all the difference." - Mirian G. by Gregg Chadwick Families Belong Together March - Los Angeles, June 14, 2018 photo by Gregg Chadwick My family joined the thousands who gathered, listened and marched nationwide yesterday to protest the Trump Administration's inhumane separation of children from their parents when they seek asylum in the United States. The ACLU explains: "Homeland Security – in collaboration with Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department – is cruelly separating families at the border for no legitimate reason. Immigration authorities have separated THOUSANDS of children from their families. Some children, like the son of someone in our lawsuit, are as young as 18 mont...