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

  Excited to begin 2022 with my oil on panel painting "Tax the Rich" in a new group exhibition in New York's East Village at @vanderplasnyc . The exhibition opens January 20, 2022 6-8pm and runs until January 30, 2022 at the Van Der Plas Gallery , 156 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002 Congressional Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez created headlines around the globe with her Tax the Rich Dress worn at the 2021 Met Gala. The socially provocative dress was designed by Aurora James who said in the New York Times: "Listen, it would be a lot easier to go to the Met Gala and just wear a really beautiful dress and look really beautiful and have a good time. But that was not her intention, right? Her intention was to take a conversation that’s largely existing in working-class communities and bring it into rooms where that conversation might be a little bit more uncomfortable. It’s not easy to show up in a room like that, with a statement like that. There’s a lot o...

  Art with a Message "Art has the power to change the world—it can give viewers a new perspective or make a political statement. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, celebrate artists that are using their artwork to present and encourage a hopeful, more equitable future."  -  Aurora Garrison Associate Curator at Saatchi Art On this auspicious day, I am honored to have a painting included in Aurora Garrison's curated collection Art With a Message on Saatchi Art. My painting The Future Is Woke celebrates those who march, organize, and create change in the spirit of Martin Luther King.  67 Artworks curated by  Aurora Garrison Associate Curator at Saatchi Art The Future Is Woke 40X30"oil on linen 2017 Painting by Gregg Chadwick An August Dream (MLK) 24"X36"oil on linen 2009-2022 Painting by Gregg Chadwick Today we honor the civil rights leader whose courage inspired millions - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His words were true then. They are true now. #MLKDay ...

  Gregg Chadwick Sea of Words ink, and gouache on a monotype substrate on paper 30"x22".  2018 I have always loved books. My studio is full of monographs on artists that I admire and scientific discoveries that I find fascinating. But the library is where I first learned to cherish the written word. As a kid I would spend hours in the shelves looking for just the right books. I would venture home with a stack of volumes on art, art making, and animals. "Sea of Words" - my ink and gouache painting over a monotype substrate is an homage to my memories of neighborhood libraries and the joy of learning. The library depicted in my artwork is the Montana Avenue Library in Santa Monica, California. Designed by architect Weldon Fulton, the Montana Branch opened to great acclaim on March 1, 1960. Direct Link at https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Sea-of-Words/25560/8921199/view #art #contemporaryart #books #library #SantaMonica #adventure

#RIPRonnieSpector Spector & The E Street Band Ronnie Spector photographed in the United Kingdom on April 28, 1971. Jack Kay/Daily Express/GI

  by Gregg Chadwick Happy Year of the Tiger! Good News and New Art  from Gregg Chadwick   Gregg Chadwick Steps of Time 30" x 24" oil on linen 2020 Featured in   Seeds of Optimism   "Manifest a happy and bright new year with a joyous artwork  by one of our top artists from around the globe."                    Bethany Fincher - Assistant Curator at Saatchi Art    As 2022 begins, I am honored that Saatchi Art included an artwork  of mine in their  Seeds of Optimism   collection. In my new  interview  with  Art Squat Magazine , I discuss my Saffron Road series: "Twenty years ago in Thailand, I woke up at dawn and spent  the morning quietly and carefully observing the saffron robed monks  on their morning pilgrimages. On my return to the U.S. later that week,  I began to paint Buddhist monks, privately at first - as a form of meditation.  Only later did...