You Are Invited - March 19, 2023

You Are Invited Open Studio in Gregg Chadwick's Studio at the Hangar, Santa Monica Airport Gregg Chadwick Giant Robot (Sawtelle) 24" x 18" oil on linen    As we move into the Year of the Rabbit, I am excited to invite you to my studio at the Santa Monica Airport for an afternoon of art and camaraderie.   Art At The Airport Open Studios  Sunday, March 19, 2023 from 11 AM-3 PM Location: Studio #15, 18th Street Arts Center, 3026 Airport Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90405   Featuring over 20 professional artists opening their studio doors and offering a rare glimpse into their practices, and the opportunity to buy work directly from the artists themselves.    Free to all. Feel free to invite friends and family. All ages are welcome! Free Parking Please register in advance: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-at-the-airport-open-studios-tickets-560815513297 . Art At The Airport is made possible by Art of Recovery, an initiative of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs, https://www.santamonica.gov/programs/art-of-recovery To learn about upcoming Art At The Airport events, visit: https://www.artattheairport.org/ Gregg Chadwick Chicago Taxi (The Loop) 24" x 18" oil on linen    Gregg Chadwick Coast Daylight 40" x 40" oil on linen    The Coast Daylight, originally named the Daylight Limited, ran on the Southern Pacific Railroad between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Known at the time as the "most beautiful passenger train in the world," it was painted in a striking red, orange, and black color scheme. Gregg Chadwick Frida Cano (E Line) 37" x 24" oil on linen 2021 Digitally exhibited in  𝙒𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙚… 𝙋𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙤 𝙍𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨. Union Station, Los Angeles, California  Gregg Chadwick Interview by Laura Siebold in Art Squat (Occupy Art) Magazine "The Other Art Fair edition at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica couldn’t have been a better place to give contemporary artist Gregg Chadwick a platform to exhibit his oil on linen paintings, especially as he creates his art in an old airplane hangar, as well. Gregg takes inspiration from important cultural and political figures and turns them into paintings, capturing moments and moods of contemporary America. Gregg’s series are very distinct in character – ranging from strong portraits of human beings, animals in the natural world, over medical portraitures to paintings that are inspired by meditation. A common element of Gregg’s paintings is his use of “internal illumination” to hold the viewer’s attention, his layered “Pentimenti” painting technique, and his tendency to create a glimpse of a path into the unknown future, told by his paintings multifaceted stories. Often, the artist draws ideas from poetry, novels, and music, then incorporating those elements into his paintings. Being renowned for his expressive art, Chadwick has exhibited in various galleries and shows across the U.S. and internationally; his paintings are part of many permanent collections. Gregg Chadwick is based in Los Angeles, California." - Laura Siebold in Art Squat (Occupy Art) Magazine Please visit http://www.art-squat.com/articles3/Gregg_Chadwick/index.php to read the entire interview.

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Pastels from Millet to Redon at the Musée d'Orsay

The Musée d'Orsay is exhibiting around a hundred pastels from its collection this spring 2023. This new presentation will allow the public to discover  these jewels of the collection, including pastels by Millet, Degas, Manet, Cassatt, Redon, Lévy-Dhurmer and many others.

Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer

La Femme à la médaille

En 1896

Pastel et rehauts d'or sur papier contrecollé sur carton

H. 35,0 ; L. 54,0 cm.

Don Mme Zagorowski, 1972

Domaine privé © Musée d’Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt

Mary Cassatt,

Mère et enfant sur fond vert,

en 1897,

pastel sur papier beige collé sur châssis entoilé,

H. 55,0 ; L. 46,0 cm. ,

Don Mary Cassatt, 1897,

©Musée d’Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Patrice Schmidt

Odilon Redon,

Le Char d'Apollon,

vers 1910,

pastel et détrempe sur toile,

H. 91,5 ; L. 77,0 cm.,

Dation, 1978,

©RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay)/Hervé Lewandowski

RESTAURATION DES PASTELS - Préserver pour exposer - FR - EN | Musée d'Orsay

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Tame Impala - Full Performance - Lonerism Live @ Desert Daze 2022

Wings Of Time (From the Motion Picture Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)

Tame Impala share new track 'Wings of Time' from 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' soundtrack

Get Ready for Sunday, March 19, 2023

 

Get Ready for Sunday, March 19, 2023

 11 am - 3 PM

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Join me and other Art At The Airport artists at the Santa Monica Airport for in-person Open Studios. Get a peek inside my studio Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) and the studios of artists Julia Michelle Dawson (@juliamichelledawson), Crystal Michaelson (@crystalmichaelsonart), Claudia Concha (@claudiaconchaart), Alexandra Dillon (@alexandradillonartist), Daniela Schweitzer, Ameeta Nanji (@ameetan), Pamela Simon-Jensen (@pamelasimonjensen), Susie McKay Kriesser (@susiemckaykrieser), M. Susan Broussard (@msusanbroussardart), Joan Wulf (@joanwulfstudio), Maddy LeMel, Melinda Smith Altshuler (@melindasmithaltshuler), Paula Rosen (@paula_rosen), Gwen Samuels (@gwensamuels), Elham Sagharchi (@elham_sagharchi), Sabine Pearlman (@sabinepearlman), Deborah Lynn Irmas (@deborahlynnart), Ara Oshagan (@ara.oshagan), April Banks (@aprilbanks_art), Luigia Gio Martelloni (@giomartellonistudio), Julie Weiss and more!
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Art At The Airport is made possible by Art of Recovery, an initiative of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs, santamonica.gov/arts/artofrecovery. To learn about upcoming Art At The Airport events, visit: https://www.artattheairport.org/
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#ArtOfRecovery #ArtAtTheAirport #CityOfSantaMonica #SantaMonicaArtsCommunity #SantaMonicaArtScene #BuyArtFromArtists #SupportLocalArtists #SantaMonicaArtCollective #SantaMonicaCulturalAffairs #artistssupportingartists

Unwrapping the Mysteries of The Other Art Fair

Pleased to let you know that tomorrow, March 9, 2023 from 12 noon to 1pm as part of @18thstreetarts ongoing Professional Development Series, I will discuss applying for and hosting a booth at The Other Art Fair. Please join me as I describe what it is like to host a booth at The Other Art Fair, what you need to do to apply, costs involved, and some hints on best practices for hosting your own booth.

Artists in residence at 18th Street Arts Center, get the Zoom link in the Artist Portal.

Borderless members, get the Zoom link on Patreon or on the Borderless membership portal. More on joining Borderless for as little as $5 at this link -

https://www.patreon.com/18thstreetarts?utm_source=https%3A%2F%2F18thstreet.org%2Farts-professional-2%2F&utm_medium=patreon_wordpress_plugin&utm_campaign=6141761&utm_term=&utm_content=creator_profile_link_in_text_over_interface

Hope to see you via Zoom tomorrow!

#art #TheOtherArt Fair #SantaMonicaArts #GreggChadwick #18thStreetArtsCenter #contemporaryart

UCLA Senior Night 2023

THANK YOU TO THE SENIORS

The Bruins' program honored five senior players prior to Saturday night's game – Tyger Campbell, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kenneth Nwuba, David Singleton and Russell Stong. Over the past four seasons, UCLA has compiled a record of 94-34 with trips to the 2021 NCAA Final Four and last season's NCAA Sweet 16. David Singleton (fifth-year senior) has played in a school-record 157 games, while Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Tyger Campbell have played in 127 and 126 games, respectively. Fifth-year seniors David Singleton and Russell Stong will have exhausted their collegiate eligibility when this season ends.

𝑨 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓.#GoBruins pic.twitter.com/9ujDF9yhHL

— UCLA Men’s Basketball (@UCLAMBB) March 5, 2023

Three of UCLA’s seniors combined for 60 points as the Bruins defeated Arizona, 82-73, on Saturday night to conclude their regular season with a perfect home record (17-0).

RECAP: https://t.co/Q3fGpefCag
QUOTES: https://t.co/rupRGR5cu3 pic.twitter.com/KSLtVJ3gxR

— UCLA Men’s Basketball (@UCLAMBB) March 5, 2023

“We were on a mission to put UCLA back on top, to put UCLA basketball where it needs to be.”

– Postgame comments from senior Jaime Jaquez Jr. Check out the full remarks below. ⤵️

Coach Cronin: https://t.co/gsRkGHpyP3
UCLA’s seniors: https://t.co/srfA21Vwlf pic.twitter.com/oPfxQpdzS7

— UCLA Men’s Basketball (@UCLAMBB) March 5, 2023

Bruce Springsteen | Trapped | Live in Seattle | Feb 2023 | Multicam Edit

Steinbeck Sky

Gregg Chadwick
Steinbeck Sky
18" x 24" oil on linen 2014

Writer John Steinbeck was born on this day in 1902 in Salinas, California. My parents moved to the Monterey Bay when I was a college student at UCLA and over the years I have made innumerable trips to the area from Southern California or San Francisco depending on where I was living at the time. When the sun sets on a road trip in California, the sky seems to erupt into a momentary monument to time itself. While driving through Steinbeck's hometown of Salinas, California; I am often struck by the immense color of the evening sky and know I have to get my impressions down on canvas. "Steinbeck Sky" is an homage to these moments.

In the summer after my first year at UCLA, I steeped myself in John Steinbeck novels and the paintings of Edward Hopper. My soundtrack was Bruce Springsteen's fourth album Darkness on the Edge of Town, which to me sounded like a distillation of Steinbeck, Hopper and Woody Guthrie.
The pace of life was so much slower than Los Angeles or Washington DC and I found time for study and reflection in the hours after my temp job finished. I would go for a run through Point Lobos after work to clear my head and then would sit with East of Eden or The Grapes of Wrath until the sun went down. I would paint late into the night trying to get these new inspirations onto canvas. I had a lot to learn but I was dogged and I let my failures lead me onto new paths.

#art #contemporaryart #Steinbeck #Salinas #Monterey

One Year In - Ukraine Holds Strong

 

Gregg Chadwick

Home Guard (112th Territorial Defense Brigade - Kyiv, Ukraine)
20"x16" oil on linen 2022

One year ago on Feb 24, 2022 - Russia launched its full scale genocide in Ukraine and 9 years ago this week Russia began its operation to illegally annex Crimea.

My painting "Home Guard (112th Territorial Defense Brigade - Kyiv, Ukraine)" is an homage to the brave Ukrainians fighting against an immoral and illegal invasion by Putin's Russia. I remember as a young boy when my father left for war as a US Marine. I can see in the faces of the kids and partners in Ukraine the same mix of fear and pride I felt as my dad told me that he was leaving home to fight for freedom. Ukrainians live in a democratic society that values diversity and opportunity for all. Many couples have decided to fight together against Putin's invasion. Putin wants to crush Ukraine. But he will never prevail against these brave heroes protecting their homeland.

In 2015 at the Venice Biennale, MarySue and I took part in an art performance called "On Vacation" protesting Russia's invasion of Crimea. See - Images 2 and 3.

Half of my proceeds for this painting will be donated to World Central Kitchen's efforts in Ukraine to provide food and sustenance to those fighting for their freedom. As Chef Jose Andres says,"Wherever there is a fight so that hungry people may eat, we will be there." 

#ChefsForTheWorld #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #art #contemporaryart #NoSurrender @ukraine.ua #OnVacation @stevievanzandt

In 2015 at the Venice Biennale, MarySue and I took part in an art performance called "On Vacation" protesting Russia's invasion of Crimea. 

.@MalcolmNance: "Russian combat power--really offensive power--is finished." #TheReidOut pic.twitter.com/jQkmOhw542

— The ReidOut (@thereidout) February 25, 2023

Purple Rain in Santa Monica

 

Gregg Chadwick
Purple Rain (Prince Rogers Nelson)
24"x18" oil on linen 2016
Sold During Frieze Week, February 2023

Thank you to my collectors, fans, followers, and friends who visited my studio at the Santa Monica Airport during @friezeofficial. Honored that my homage to the sublime Prince has found its home with one of my treasured collectors. I am inspired by the art that I saw at Frieze with my new friend @ara.oshagan and percolating with ideas that will soon hit the canvas. As you know if you stepped in my studio - my brushes are clean, my paints are ready, and the colors will soon flow. If you heard Purple Rain playing across the Santa Monica Airport on Sunday Eve at the closing of Frieze that was @18thstreetarts amazing Kevin and me pouring one out musically for Prince!

#art #contemporaryart #Prince #Frieze #LAart #SantaMonica

You Will Never Know

Poolside

Gregg Chadwick

Poolside

20"x16"oil on linen 2022

    Private Collection, Oxford, Connecticut

Pleased that my painting "Poolside" has been sold by @saatchiart and successfully delivered to its new home near New Haven, Connecticut. It arrived in the midst of a record cold spell and hopefully brought warm memories of Spring and Summer along.
Legs dangling in an aquamarine pool, drink in hand, and a book open to the right page. What is she reading? Perhaps because he was born on this day in 1946, French Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard's book "Happiness: "A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill" which explores how to develop happiness as a skill that includes acceptance of pain and struggle through a process of understanding, meditation, and breath.

Or perhaps her book is a collection of Emily Dickinson's poetry?
"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me."

Note - if you are in town for the @friezeofficial Art Fair at the Santa Monica Airport, I will have my studio open @18thstreetarts at the Airport during fair hours. Please stop by and say Hello.

#art #SantaMonica #Frieze #Books #Hope #Beauty #ContemporaryArt #greggchadwick

Bruce Springsteen - "If I Was the Priest" for Valentine's Day in Houston

‘If I Was the Priest,’ not played in concert by Springsteen since ’72, makes it into Houston setlist https://t.co/pA7Rf7qd8H

— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) February 15, 2023

Review: Bruce Springsteen at Houston’s Toyota Center offers reflective songs alongside old favorites https://t.co/pY8EDyDKLE

— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) February 15, 2023

President Biden's State of the Union Address - Feb 7, 2023

Wow that was a huge moment — Biden uses the Republican boos and jeers to go off script and strong-arm them into taking Medicare/Social Security cuts off the table

— Kate Riga (@Kate_Riga24) February 8, 2023

What a brilliant, refreshing speech that revives true American populism—progressive democratic populism, not right-wing authoritarian fake-populism. Biden sounds Rooseveltian and is taking American politics by storm.

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) February 8, 2023

Tonight, I fulfilled my constitutional duty to report on the state of the nation.

And here is my report.

Because of the Soul of this nation –
Because of the backbone of this nation –
Because of the people of this nation –

The State of the Union is strong.

— President Biden (@POTUS) February 8, 2023

U2's Bono with Mr. Pelosi In the House Chamber at the State of the Union. I love this picture.❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/uXHfFfjU3v

— SusieTX (@SusanTXBlue) February 8, 2023

Love Biden’s Energy! https://t.co/C6ZWQJVrSk

— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) February 8, 2023

Nikole Hannah-Jones on her new Hulu docuseries, "The 1619 Project"

Gregg Chadwick
Nikole Hannah-Jones (The Idea of America)
36”x36” oil on linen 2021