Speed of Life

 by Gregg Chadwick (First Published November 11, 2010) Winslow Homer The Veteran in a New Field 24 1/8" x 38 1/8" oil on canvas 1865 Metropolitan Museum of Art Veterans Day is more than just a day off. Instead it is a time to reflect on duty, honor, service, and life. Winslow Homer's  The Veteran in a New Field  portrays a Union veteran of the American Civil War back at work on the farm. But the painting is not instantly celebratory. There are no angels and there is no parade. Instead a psychic weight seems to be guiding the veteran's scythe as it cuts the stand of grain, much like the volleys of shot and shell mowed down troops, on both sides of that brutal war. There is hope though in the warm, life giving color of the wheat, a Northern crop, and the cerulean sky. All wars must eventually come to an end. Uniforms are cast off. Homer paints the ex-soldier's jacket and canteen tossed onto the newly cut field. Life does go on. The soldier will inevitably struggle t...

by Gregg Chadwick "Every child put down your toys And come inside to sleep We have to look you in the eye and say we sold you cheap Let’s confess we did not act With serious urgency So open up the floodgates To the rising seas" - Rising Seas Written by Jim Moginie (Midnight Oil) Gregg Chadwick Ocean, Otters, Oil  (detail) 40"x40"oil on linen 2021 On walks along California's Central Coast, I often stop and peer into the swirling mix of seaweed and surf looking for the telltale bob of a sea otter as it breaks to the surface. The tap, tap, tap of otters cracking shells across rocks carried on their chests as they float on their backs in the kelp filled water also gives away their location. Sea otters are voracious eaters, clearing coastal seabeds of purple sea urchins that would otherwise decimate the growing kelp forests.   By keeping the purple urchin population down, sea otters remove kelp's major nemesis. Sea urchins feed on the holdfasts that keep kelp an...

  Gregg Chadwick Ocean, Otters, Oil 40"x40"oil on linen 2021 My oil on linen painting "Ocean, Otters, Oil" was painted as a celebration of nature and as a warning of the dangers of oil spills and environmental destruction. The artwork will be displayed through the month of November 2021 in my latest group exhibition  "SOS - Save Our Seas"at  @lagunaartgallery  in Mission Viejo, California.  Please join me at the opening on November 6, 2021 from 3-6 pm. 555 THE SHOPS AT MISSION VIEJO, MV, CA 92691 suite 928A TF. 1-888-9-FINEART | Gallery 949-257-9008 info@lagunaart.com Gallery Hours: MON - SAT 11AM - 7PM SUN 12PM - 6PM This artwork is part of a new series of paintings that considers the threats to our planet from Climate Change, greed, hate, and war. There is a mysterious beauty to life itself that I am constantly inspired by. I first became aware of the fragile nature of our planet as an elementary school student at Linda Vista Elementary School in Missio...

Wampum Exhibition at Sea City Museum , Southhampton, UK  (Created by  SmokeSygnals   creative agency)   In today's New York Times , Dana Hedgpeth explains that "for the Wampanoags and many other American Indians, the fourth Thursday in November is considered a day of mourning, not a day of celebration." The Wampanoags helped the Pilgrims survive only to enable "a slow, unfolding genocide of their people and the taking of their land."  As we reach the 400th anniversary of the first Pilgrim Thanksgiving in 1621, the Wampanoags tell their story at the Mashpee Wampanoag Museum.  On their website the Museum explains that it is located at "the geographic core of the Mashpee Wampanoag people. Eighty-five percent of Wampanoag people live within 20 miles of the Museum." The history and culture of the Wampanoag from the Stone Age to the present are presented in a range of exhibits. Established under the guidance of the Mashpee Historical Commission, the Museum i...

From Maria Popova at Brainpicker: Patti Smith Reads Letter to Robert Mapplethorpe About How He Taught Her What It Means to Be an Artist “You drew me from the darkest period of my young life, sharing with me the sacred mystery of what it is to be an artist.” brainpicker · Patti Smith reads her letter to Robert Mapplethorpe Patti Smith by Robert Mapplethorpe (Courtesy of Tate Museum)

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color from Reel Plan/Jon Gann on Vimeo . For beloved D.C. artist Alma Thomas, beauty wasn’t just about art. It was essential to life, too. Full article by Philip Kennicott here . Alma Thomas’s “Red Azaleas Singing and Dancing Rock and Roll Music,” 1976.  (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Gregg Chadwick H.E.R.  36"x36"oil on linen 2021

Looking forward to this. Love Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen!

The War On Drugs' fifth studio album, I Don’t Live Here Anymore , is an uncommon rock album about one of our most common but daunting processes—resilience in the face of despair. Set for release on October 29, 2021. I'll be painting on Friday with I Don’t Live Here Anymore filling my headphones as I put brush to canvas. Can't wait... More at: The War on Drugs Embrace Change on 'I Don't Live Here Anymore'

" Renegades: Born in the USA, " available now! In their new book, Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen envision a more unified America.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and author of the new book, " Renegades: Born in the USA, " Bruce Springsteen, wraps his full-episode Late Show takeover with this haunting solo performance of "The River." #Colbert #TheRiver #BruceSpringsteen TONIGHT! The Boss @springsteen is here and he brought a very special instrument for show & tell. #SpringsteenOnLSSC pic.twitter.com/zWPJmFCSPC — The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) October 26, 2021 " Renegades: Born in the USA, " available now! In their new book, Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen envision a more unified America.

So -- at which great Older Master was Picasso (born OTD 1881) looking when he painted Guernica in 1937? Of course you know this! pic.twitter.com/PiRttosVFr — Dr. Peter Paul Rubens (@PP_Rubens) October 25, 2021   Pablo Picasso Reads About Pablo Picasso.  Born on this day, in 1881

 Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen sit down with correspondent Anthony Mason to discuss the influence of their fathers on their life's work, and the shared narratives that drive the surprisingly similar fields of popular music and politics. " Renegades: Born in the USA ," available now!

Gregg Chadwick Coast Daylight 40"x40"oil on linen 2019 Pre-order 'Georgia Blue,' the new covers album from Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit: https://ffm.to/georgiablue All proceeds will benefit Black Voters Matter, Georgia Stand-Up, and Fair Fight. Produced and Directed by Chispa House: https://chispahouse.com/ Director: Andrew Levy Editor: Jason Gaona Camera Op: Jackson Smith Camera Op: Kiki Griffin Camera Op: Alex Smith EP: Sam Birdsong EP: Carter Fontaine EP: Andrew Levy Production: Chispa House

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