Speed of Life

Gregg Chadwick Die Kathedrale Der Bucher (The Cathedral of Books) 20"x16" oil on linen 2010 I am back from Berlin steeped in imagery and inspiration and new work. Today, books are on my mind as my latest painting was inspired by the Selexyz Dominicanen , a bookstore in Maastricht, the Netherlands, located in a deconsecrated Dominican Church. Also, Michael Krasny interviewed Phil Cousineau about his latest book Wordcatcher which includes over twenty images of my artworks inspired by Phil's marvelous word histories. Phil Cousineau Catches Words with Michael Krasny

Gregg Chadwick, The Dude, Julia Ransom and Wordcatcher , originally uploaded by mythyes .

Gregg Chadwick Gorgonize (Medusa) from Wordcatcher Just hitting bookstores is my latest collaborative work with Phil Cousineau, Wordcatcher . Phil and I share a love of art and language and this latest book combines Phil's marvelous word histories with my artworks inspired by the word tales. Phil Cousineau and I often work collaboratively. For Wordcatcher I created 25 images inspired by Phil's intriguing descriptions. I spent much of the Fall in my drawing studio with my hands and clothing covered in chalk dust with the smell of wood shavings and sepia inks in the air. The resulting artworks are mainly rendered in ink washes with black and sanguine chalks heightened with white chalk on paper. Gregg Chadwick Duende (Federico Garcia Lorca in Havana) from Wordcatcher Wordcatcher is already garnering praise: “Stake out a claim next to the standard dictionary you use for this less pedantic companion. It contains fewer words but sends up Fourth of July skyrockets on all of them...