Speed of Life

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Gregg Chadwick Bookseller's Morning (Arcana) 14"x11"oil on linen 2021   SAVE THE DATE!  #VeniceArtWalk  starts next Wednesday 4/28! I’m proud to support  @venicefamclinic  with my art donation as the Clinic continues to fight  #COVID19 . My oil on linen painting “Bookseller’s Morning (Arcana)” is an homage to authors  @philcousineau   @karenessex   @suavejohnray   @carol_es_art  , editors, publishers -  @syrtari_books  , book lovers, bookstores -  @arcana   @dieselbookstore   @booksoup   @skylightbooks   @hennesseyingalls   @boekhandel_dominicanen   @moes_books , bibliophiles, readers, artists, and critics -  @jerrysaltz   @christopher.knight.7  - who make the world a much richer place.  💯 percent of your bid for my painting goes to the  @venicefamilyclinic  to provide essential healthcare for the community. Visit bit.ly/Veni...

Gregg Chadwick The Reader (Botanical Garden) 14"x11" oil on panel 2019 I am honored to have my painting  The Reader (Botanical Garden)   up for auction in this year’s Venice Family Clinic Art Walk and Auction.  I’ve donated a painting to the auction for 15 years now and am excited to have this sensitive artwork  i n this year's auction . To pick up a book and be transported to another world is one of life's great pleasures. In my oil on panel painting, a woman sits with quiet dignity and reads. One can almost smell honeysuckle in the air and feel a cool breeze on a warm day. The Venice Family Clinic  Art Walk and Auction has moved exclusively to an online art auction for 2020.  From May 3 - May 19, visit  artsy.net/veniceartwalk  to view the online collection.  Art lovers and artists unite to benefit Venice Family Clinic, now commemorating 50 years of providing quality health care to people in need.  Venice Family ...

by Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick Study for Kamakura 14"x11" oil on linen 2011 " The most precious thing in life is its uncertainty." - Kenko, from Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa), circa 1330 I am always honored to support the Venice Family Clinic with my art. My donation this year reflects my interests in Southern California and Japan with Study for Kamakura . Kamakura is both a beach town and a center of Japanese culture. In my painting, grey beach haze seems to mask the distance between east and west. Kamakura is home to the great statue of Buddha, the Daibutsu , pictured on countless postcards and books on Japan. Two years ago, I finally made my pilgimage to Kamakura and stood in awe beneath the great statue. A great wave washed away the building housing the Daibutsu in the 15th century. Since that time the statue has been seated in meditation beneath the sun and the stars. After surviving great tsunamis and political upheavals, the Daibutsu provides pers...