Speed of Life

Gregg Chadwick Stilled Life (Akihabara) 30"x22" monotype on paper 2011 TOWN OF CATS (Excerpt from 1Q84) by Haruki Murakami At Koenji Station, Tengo boarded the Chuo Line inbound rapid-service train. The car was empty. He had nothing planned that day. Wherever he went and whatever he did (or didn’t do) was entirely up to him. It was ten o’clock on a windless summer morning, and the sun was beating down. The train passed Shinjuku, Yotsuya, Ochanomizu, and arrived at Tokyo Central Station, the end of the line. Everyone got off, and Tengo followed suit. Then he sat on a bench and gave some thought to where he should go. “I can go anywhere I decide to,” he told himself. “It looks as if it’s going to be a hot day. I could go to the seashore.” He raised his head and studied the platform guide... Continue reading in The New Yorker at: Excerpt from Haruki Murakami's Upcoming Novel 1Q84 Above: The Cover for Haruki Murakami's New Novel 1Q84: 1. Jacket 2. Binding...

Gregg Chadwick Brecht's Song 30"x22" monotype on paper 2011 In memory of Amy Winehouse.

Gregg Chadwick Rauch Licht (Smoke Light) 30"x22" monotype on paper 2011

Gregg Chadwick Deutsch Traum (German Dream) 30"x22" monotype on paper 2011

Gregg Chadwick Stadtgeflüster (City Whispers) 22"x30" monotype on paper 2011

Gregg Chadwick Along the Arno 22"x30" monotype on paper 2011

Gregg Chadwick A Body of Sound 30"x22" monotype on paper Courtesy the Julie Nester Gallery The writer Farouq Salloum recently sent me a poem inspired by my artwork The Body of Sound . Mr. Salloum's lilting words swirl and fix a passing image. The poem is posted below in the original arabic version and is followed by the english translation by Farouq Salloum. Thank you Farouq! من اسئلة الجسد والوساوس من زهرة الشهوات على وسادة السرير من زخارف الكلمات على رنين هواتفك حيث اتوهم انك تحتويني .. اتوهم انني احتويك انثى هابطه من جحيم اللذائذ وآدم حائر في ندم ايامه على الأرض هو عطرك الذي يملأ المكان كأنك هنا دائما نعيد ترف وحدتنا بالفصول .. بالجسد الحاني .. وبالغناء * A body of sound جسد الصوت لوحة Gregg Chadwick By: Farouq Salloum A Body of Sound -by Farouq Salloum You spring up from the magic space of my forest from the Questions of body and whispers from the flower of desires on the pillow from the ornementation of words on your phones calls as an Illusion where you comprise me ...

Gregg Chadwick The Crossing 72"x36" oil, monotype and collage on Japanese Torinoko paper 2010 The morning of my last day on a trip to Thailand, was particularly luminous. I got up especially early and wandered through the alleys of Chiang Mai, following some monks on their serene morning pilgrimage. The light was almost incandescent and the blur of movement seemed to create paintings for me. I just needed to pay attention. To really see. I spent the time on the short flight to Bangkok watching a kind of film playing in my mind of saffron robes scintillating in the morning mist. Later, as I waited for my connecting flight to San Francisco, I caught sight of a different clip on a television monitor as the second plane crashed into the World Trade Center. It was September 11, 2001. I felt the horror of the crowd as we watched in disbelief. I longed for home and my son. Weeks later when finally back in my studio, the juxtaposition of the monks’ serenity in Thailand that day and...