Speed of Life

by Gregg Chadwick THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY VENICE ART WALK IS ON TODAY MAY 19, 2019, RAIN OR SHINE Don't let the passing inclement weather change your plans -- join us! It may be raining right now, but the weather report says it will stop soon, just in time for the 40th anniversary Venice Family Clinic Art Walk & Auction to open. And even if it doesn't, the silent auction is 100% indoors, which means you can view and bid on amazing contemporary art in dry comfort. Come what may (and we predict sunshine), the music will be playing, the beer and wine will be flowing, the studio tours will be on, and the community celebration will be in full swing under tents to protect everyone from the elements. We just need you to make the day complete. See you there!  View this post on Instagram Gregg Chadwick, Skate Light, 2018 on Paddle8 Benefit for @venicefamilyclinic It’s May, which means it’s time for the 40th Annual...

"We came down the day before and we went down to the Lower Ninth Ward and saw a lot of the devastation. Rock 'n' roll is at its best when there are  high stakes  on the table. That's when something much, much larger than yourself can happen. It's music that's meant to push up against things, whatever they may be: against troubles, against hard times. It's a lovely and fortuitous day to be able perform a small service for people… it's one of my favorites, one of the Top Five of my lifelong musical experiences." -Bruce Springsteen Gregg Chadwick Belle Ville (Katrina) 11"x11" oil on linen 2005 

Gregg Chadwick Still I Rise 40"x30" oil on linen 

View this post on Instagram Inspired by the music and lyrics of Bruce Springsteen. #BlindedByTheLightMovie – in theaters August 14. A post shared by Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) on May 2, 2019 at 9:22am PDT From writer/director/producer Gurinder Chadha (“Bend It Like Beckham”) comes the inspirational drama “Blinded by the Light,” set to the music and lyrics of Bruce Springsteen’s timeless songs. “Blinded by the Light” tells the story of Javed (Viveik Kalra) a British teen of Pakistani descent, growing up in the town of Luton, England, in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. But when a classmate introduces him to the music of “the Boss,” Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen’s powerful lyrics. As Javed discovers a cathartic outlet for his own pent-u...

Maggie Williams Debut in a NYU Masterclass with Pharrell!

by Gregg Chadwick “This record is a return to my solo recordings featuring character driven songs and sweeping, cinematic orchestral arrangements. It's a jewel box of a record." - Bruce Springsteen  Gregg Chadwick Las Piedras del Cielo 16"x20" oil on linen 2010 Under blue skies on a California Spring day, I am listening to Bruce Springsteen's new song Hello Sunshine from his forthcoming album Western Stars . It is a country tinged song reminiscent of Harry Nilsson's Everybody's Talkin' from the movie, Midnight Cowboy .   Over the years I have driven thousands of miles under wide open skies across the American west. Scanning the radio dial as I drove, I was searching for the sound of the western road. Today I found that cinematic sound in Springsteen's new work.  A rhythmic wash like a distant train running in the distance underlies the song.  Pedal steel brings us into the west and the strings add a wide open sonic vista. Bruce...

by Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick Rio Grande 30"x40" oil on linen 2015   Under blue skies on a California Spring day, I am listening to Bruce Springsteen's new song Hello Sunshine from his forthcoming album Western Stars . It is a country tinged song reminiscent of Harry Nilsson's Everybody's Talkin' from the movie, Midnight Cowboy .   Over the years I have driven thousands of miles under wide open skies across the American west. Scanning the radio dial as I drove, I was searching for the sound of the western road. Today I found that cinematic sound in Springsteen's new song.  A rhythmic wash like a distant train running in the distance underlies  Hello Sunshine .  Pedal steel brings us into the west and the strings add a wide open sonic vista. Bruce's vocals are world weary but not defeated.  Last September I ventured solo from Southern California to Chicago for a show of my artwork at The Other Art Fair in Chicago's Pilsen neigh...

Yes Indeed!

BROKEN POET - TRAILER from Emilio Ruiz Barrachina on Vimeo . Trailer of the movie "Broken Poet". Directed by Emilio J Ruiz and starring Elliott Murphy, Joana Preiss, Michael O'Keeffe, Marisa Berenson, Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa.

by Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick Bookseller's Night oil on linen 2018 After the Notre Dame Cathedral Fire - in the light of day- Our Lady is scarred but standing resiliently! Angela Merkel’s spokesperson responded with the Parisian motto: a Latin phrase that personifies Paris and Notre Dame as a ship: “Fluctuat nec mergitur”—“she is tossed by the waves but does not sink.” The saying has been Paris’ motto since the 14th century, about the time when Notre Dame was completed. With grateful feelings about Notre Dame and Paris, I am pleased to let you know that my Parisian inspired painting "Bookseller's Night" has been chosen by Rebecca Wilson, Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory at Saatchi Art, for the New This Week collection.  Direct link at:  https://www.saatchiart.com/…/Painting-Bo…/25560/4792724/view Link to the collection at  https://www.saatchiart.com/…/New-This-We…/153961/280982/view My oil on linen painting "Bookseller's Night" wa...

Mayor @PeteButtigieg on the Notre Dame fire  pic.twitter.com/BS88OXCLf7 — Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) April 16, 2019 As the smoke clears in Paris, it appears that the damage to Notre Dame is not catastrophic. The fire has destroyed the wood roof & spire along with some other elements, but the vaulted ceiling survived and Notre Dame is otherwise mostly intact. The grand organ survived the flames. The Pompiers de Paris showed their immense fire fighting skill in saving most of Notre Dame from destruction!

Gregg Chadwick The Water Carrier's Dream oil on linen 2017 The Water Carrier's Dream is part of an ongoing, globally inspired series of paintings that considers our place as humans in the larger natural world. The elephant is both a symbol of resilient strength and also, because of the ivory trade, has become a symbol of the possible extinction of numerous animal species. Water as well is a symbol of life. The bucket the woman carries is part of an effort to make clean water safer and more accessible from local, community owned water facilities in Tanzania. The train entering from the distance brings the painting into the present day.

More Star Wars? Yes, please!

How the Light Gets In Paintings by Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick Still I Rise 40"x30"oil on linen 2018 Solo exhibition of Gregg Chadwick’s art at Audis Husar Fine Art in Beverly Hills. View all of the exhibition artwork at this  link :  How the Light Gets In Read about the paintings at these   links :   “How the Light Gets In”   on Medium,  Park Labrea News/Beverly Press , and Kathy Leonardo on the   exhibition and benefit. Gregg Chadwick The Future Is Woke (left) Scarlet Shadow (right) 40"x30"oil on linen 2018 and 80"x80" oil on linen 2018 “Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in.” - Leonard Cohen, Anthem Art at its best possess an uncanny ability to communicate ideas and feelings that we need to understand. It seems that especially in times of struggle or unrest, art helps us connect to the personhood of other...

During @HouseJudiciary today, I shared why the #EqualityAct is so personal to me and my family. My child is finally free to be who they are. With that freedom comes a responsibility, for us as legislators, to legislate with love and not fear. pic.twitter.com/VfpiD9aDyY — Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) April 2, 2019 As the father of a trans daughter, I agree wholeheartedly with @RepJayapal ! As a country we must "legislate with love not fear" #EqualityAct 🏳️‍🌈 #TransRightsAreHumanRights — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) April 2, 2019