Speed of Life

  Gregg Chadwick Promenade 7"x5" oil on panel 2021 Private Collection, Austin, Texas Honored that my painting, Promenade , is included in the new Art for Someone You Love collection on Saatchi Art curated by Erin Remington (Assistant Curator at Saatchi Art). Erin writes,"Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight––art history is full of extraordinary and remarkable love stories. Discover a new work in this collection of artworks inspired by passion, love, and all things romance." Collectors With Their New Painting at The Other Art Fair, Barker Hangar 2018 Gregg Chadwick  Love In a Blue Time 7"x5" oil on panel Private Collection, Los Angeles, California I enjoy painting couples. I continue to create a series of artworks depicting partners caught in moments of intimacy. Gregg Chadwick The Runners 5"x5" oil on panel 2018 Private Collection, Los Angeles With Valentine's Day coming up I woul...

I am spending this January afternoon looking back at my art and travels while listening to Walter Martin's new song The Bear. Walter grew up in Washington DC and formed his first band at 11 with future Jonathan Fire*Eater lead vocalist Stewart Lupton who died in 2018. (More on Stewart Lupton in a Speed of Life post from 2004 here. ) In 1993 Jonathan Fire*Eater was formed in New York City where Stewart Lupton and Walter Martin and friends had moved for college. When Stewart left the band in 1998, Walter Martin put together the Walkmen with other remaining members.  Stereogum reports today - "Ever since the Walkmen embarked on their hiatus, several of the band’s members have had prolific solo careers. But none of them have churned out music at quite the pace of Walter Martin. Today, Martin’s announced his sixth solo album in under a decade, The Bear . It’s out at the end of March." I've had the title track on repeat for the last hour. Haunting and inspiring. Walter Mart...

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Montana Avenue (@montanaavesm) Thanks to Montana Avenue for sharing my painting Wings of Desire: Inspiration can be found anywhere, thank you Gregg Chadwick for sharing this stunning painting and your thoughts behind it ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 'As 2021 shifts to 2022, I think of years passing like film titles shifting on theater marquees. With that thought, on the day we lost Betty White at 99, I am posting my painting "Wings of Desire". In the spirit of writers Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Salman Rushdie, a bit of magical realism often finds its way into my paintings. In memory of Bruno Ganz and in homage to one of my favorite films by Wim Wenders, my oil on linen painting "Wings of Desire" depicts one of my favorite angels hovering by the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica.' ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You can find more of his work greggchadwick.com    

I am posting an online readable copy of Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel  Maus in response to the ridiculous decision by the McMinn County Board of Education in Tennessee who voted 10-0 to remove the book from the eighth-grade English language arts curriculum saying without realizing the horrible irony that the graphic novel should be replaced, if possible, with another book without content deemed objectionable. The Holocaust is arguably the most objectionable violence ever taken against fellow humans by a despotic regime.  Maus recounts the horrifying experiences of Art Spiegelman's father during the Holocaust, in which he depicts Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. Spiegelman shakes us awake as he depicts the unspeakable through the language of cartoons and graphic novels. Maus is a story of survival and a study of the legacy of trauma. Maus is presented here for readers of all ages. Welcome.  1. The decision of a Tennes...

Today is #HolocaustMemorialDay . We remember the lives: Six million Jews Five million Roma, LGBTQ+, disabled and others murdered at the hands and hate of the Nazis We remember the ideology: White supremacy Religious bigotry Power centric We commit to the work. pic.twitter.com/Vq5679fb2j — The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center (@TheKingCenter) January 27, 2022 Today is Holocaust memorial day. The genocide of Jews, as well as mass killings of Roma and other minorities, during World War II is a brutal reminder of what hatred and prejudice can lead to. We must never let it happen again. We must never forget. pic.twitter.com/9dJK32cG7D — Amnesty International (@amnesty) January 27, 2022 At 4 pm CET we will begin the live broadcast of the commemoration event of the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Watch LIVE at: 🔹 @AuschwitzMuseum 🔹 https://t.co/7yKQP9t7NJ 🔹YouTube: https://t.co/2SLFXuD5z1 pic.twitter.com/825WnbeOxX — Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMus...

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It's never been a good idea to bet against America. And, there's nothing we can't do if we do it together. We are stronger today than we were a year ago. Watch our new video on the first year of the Biden-Harris Administration. In his inaugural address one year ago today, @POTUS committed to “press forward with speed and urgency, for we have much to do in this winter of peril and possibility.” In the year since, he and the @VP have made significant progress in the face of enormous challenges. pic.twitter.com/5YFbMnw3Pg — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 20, 2022