Theater of Memory: New Exhibit Opens October 4, 2011 at the Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery
Gregg Chadwick Theater of Memory 48"x48" oil on canvas 2011 Theater of Memory New Paintings by Gregg Chadwick Curated by Melissa Pickford Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery Opening on October 4, 2011 Runs until November 4, 2011 One could say we all create paintings as we distill meaning from the rush of life. Experiences, moments, thoughts, actions, memories, and dreams mix together and overlap in our minds and hearts bringing patterns and understanding in our everyday life. My paintings in the exhibit, Theater of Memory at the Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, echo this cognitive-emotional process. My artworks evolve through a series of painting sessions in which colors and images overlap, merge, and flow. At times, my paintings begin close to home with remembered dreams of family members. In the title painting, Theater of Memory , my much loved late nephew Luke Chadwick appeared unbidden, but at the perfect moment. His faint smile recalled a day ...