Friday, November 19, 2021
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
WhyHunger: Turn Hope Into Action
——— Special Thanks to: Our Organizational Partners: Jesús Vázquez Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica de Puerto Rico Facebook: @organizacionboricua Twitter: @orgboricua Instagram: @organizacion_boricua Katrina Sanders, Judy Belue Delta Fresh Foods Initiative - Bolivar County, MS Facebook: @deltafreshfoods Joan Brady Farmer and advocate La Vía Campesina - Ontario, Canada Facebook: @viacampesinaOFFICIAL Twitter: @via_campesina Instagram: @la_via_campesina_official Niaz Dorry Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance National Family Farm Coalition – Gloucester, MA Facebook: @natlfamilyfarmcoalition Twitter: @FarmFamilyCo And Our Artist Partners: Bruce Springsteen Yoko Ono Lennon Carlos Santana Brandi Carlile Tom Morello Michael McDonald ——— Follow us on social media: Facebook http://www.Facebook.com/WhyHungerFans Twitter http://Twitter.com/WhyHunger Instagram http://Instagram.com/WhyHungerPix LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/whyh... Visit our website to learn more about WhyHunger's work and mission at http://www.whyhunger.org
Promenade
On a warm summer afternoon, a couple strolls arm in arm in my painting "Promenade". Peace, love, and light reign in this moment.
Thanks to @saatchiart, @theotherartfair, @nicolegarton, @bsalatinooo_ for all their hard work in featuring and placing my work. To my new collectors - Thank You!
Life is fragile folks - spend time with the ones you love.
#art #artsales #theotherartfair #theotherartfairla #Promenade #UnderTheMilkyWay #todayistheday
Monday, November 15, 2021
Thursday, November 11, 2021
On Veterans Day
by Gregg Chadwick
(First Published November 11, 2010)
Winslow Homer
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.
Art can help bridge this gap.
Stories need to be told.
Friday, November 05, 2021
Rising Seas and Oil Spills (Thoughts Behind Ocean, Otters, Oil)
As I painted Ocean, Otters, Oil and other artworks in my Fragile Earth series, I have been listening to the environmentally and socially conscious Australian band Midnight Oil. In 1990 Midnight Oil created a guerilla performance in front of Exxon headquarters in New York City with a banner reading, "Midnight Oil Makes You Dance, Exxon Oil Makes Us Sick," as they played in protest of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. This week Midnight Oil has released a new song about our global climate crisis that illuminates the peril in which we find our fragile earth. This new Midnight Oil song Rising Seas has found its way to the top of my studio playlist and inspires me to keep speaking out, to keep creating, to keep caring about the future of our planet.
3–6pm Opening Reception
Bobby Grey and Friends
Sea otters: Back by pawpular demand! Once hunted to almost extinction, these ecosystem engineers are slowly making a comeback in California and transforming the coast along the way. pic.twitter.com/zOwCfMs5cp
— Monterey Bay Aquarium (@MontereyAq) September 23, 2022
Thursday, November 04, 2021
Ocean, Otters, Oil
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 Mission Viejo, California. For Christmas one year, I asked my parents for the book “Wildlife in Danger” published by the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature). They are still an important organization providing information, plans, and hope for our endangered earth. Worried about the environment as a kid, I drew pictures of animals constantly. Now I am bringing out a series of paintings that shed light on climate change, the beauty of the natural world, and our place with other species.
Also I was pleased to read today's new article in @wired - The Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change? Send in the Otters
Saving California's adorable (and very hungry) sea otters helps control other species, leading to the growth of more carbon-sequestering vegetation.
#art #SeaOtters #MarineLife #MissionViejo #Irvine #OrangeCounty #OCCulture #climatechange #environment #SaveOurSeas
People of the First Light: The Wampanoags Tell Their Story on the 400th Anniversary of the First Pilgrim Thanksgiving in 1621
(Courtesy of SmokeSygnals/Plymouth 400)
Good News! Wampanoag, who helped Pilgrims survive, win rights to tribal lands https://t.co/Muf70Jfzm2
— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) December 31, 2021
On Robert Mapplethorpe's Birthday
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.”
Wednesday, November 03, 2021
Miss Alma Thomas - A Life In Color
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.
Tuesday, November 02, 2021
Monday, November 01, 2021
Friday, October 29, 2021
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
The War On Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Bruce Springsteen "The River" on Colbert
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!
Monday, October 25, 2021
Happy Birthday Picasso!
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