Speed of Life

Communicating the loss of a loved one is never easy. It is best done in person but words alone can also provide light in a difficult time. With deep sadness I have to send  on  news about the death of our beloved family member Hannah Johnson. Hannah passed away Sunday night in a traffic accident, and her husband Matt is fighting for his life in a hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. ( Update on Hannah's Husband Matt:  Matt is coherent, awake, conversant and stood up today!!) Hannah believed deeply that all are created equal and that we all deserve an equal share of human rights. Hannah worked tirelessly for marriage equality in California and New Jersey.  Pictured in this New York Times photo from 2009 is my courageous family member Hannah Johnson tearing up as she applauds a New Jersey Senate committee vote on a bill to legalize gay marriage.  The struggle continues in New Jersey and in California photo  by Richard Perry / New Yor...

Sandra Lee and Artist Gregg Chadwick at artMRKT San Francisco , a photo by GreggChadwick on Flickr.

I Canti at #artMRKT SF , a photo by GreggChadwick on Flickr. Thanks to everyone at artMRKT San Francisco for making the event such a big success. I hope to see all of you that I met in San Francisco again real soon. Maybe next time in Santa Monica?

Canaletto's   The Grand Canal in Venice from Palazzo Flangini to Campo San Marcuola , painted around 1738, provides the viewer a gondola ride down Venice's Grand Canal. Compare the 18-century city to the way it looks today in this video produced by the Getty Museum in honor of the painting's recent acquisition. Music: Antonio Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in C major (RV 447), Advent Chamber Orchestra. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

Gregg Chadwick l'Horloge   de Baudelaire 40"x30" oil on linen 2013 My paintings will be showcased in the Sandra Lee Gallery booth  at   artMRKT  San Francisco  - an international art fair held May 16-19, 2013  Festival Pavilion - Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California.  I will be speaking at the upcoming “Categorically Not” event on Sunday May 19, 2013 at the Santa Monica Art Studios about my painting process and “what lies beneath” the layers of paint and the layers of ideas that go into each of my works.  The event will be held in the Arena One Gallery.  You can see more on this event at the  Categorically Not  website.  Gregg Chadwick Study for the City Dreams 12"x12" oil on linen 2012 My painting  Study for the City Dreams   will be in the  Silent Art Auction  at The 34th anniversary of the...

by Gregg Chadwick Tonight, a stunning cover of David Bowie's Haunting song Space Oddity was released from space  by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station.  The imagery is stunning, reminiscent of the film Moon directed by David Bowie's son Duncan Jones. Sometimes life really does imitate art, even while orbiting earth in a tin capsule in space. UPDATE: Since I posted this last night, Chris Hadfield's video has gone viral with over a million views and counting!   David Bowie's Facebook editors loves the clip stating," It’s possibly the most poignant version of the song ever created." Their Facebook posts continues : you may recognise the name of one of those involved in its creation. We’re talking about Chris's fellow Canadian, the lovely Emm Gryner, who was a part of the Bowie live band in 1999/2000. Here’s what she said on her blog ( http://smarturl.it/EmmBlog ) regarding her involvement: “The task was in front o...

  GreggChadwick   Empire State 72"x36" oil on linen 2013 On View at artMRKT San Francisco May 16-19, 2013 Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco Booth #221

by Gregg Chadwick China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy at  the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco  photo  by Gregg Chadwick  "I, Sovereign, am the First Emperor; my descendants will call themselves the Second Generation, the Third Generation, and will go on forever after."  - The First Emperor, Qin Shihuang (259-210 BCE)      quoted by the historian Sima Qian (145-90 BCE) China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy  currently on view at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco until May 27, 2013 provides tantalizing glimpses of an ancient culture and its rulers' attempts to influence cultural and political memory. Over two thousand years ago, Qin Shihuang - the first emperor of China, began constructing a massive mausoleum to ensure, what Li He, the Asian Museum's associate curator of Chinese art, describes as the personal and political "continuation of the fami...

by Gregg Chadwick Jackie Robinson  "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." -Jackie Robinson Today marks the 66th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson was the first African-American baseball player to compete in the major leagues when he joined the Dodgers in 1947. Robinson broke baseball's color line and ended a sixty year era of segregation in professional baseball. Robinson's career with the Dodgers lasted only ten years. But in that time, he won six pennants and a World Series title. Robinson retired in 1957 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. I was heartened to see that the new film " 42 ", based on Robinson's momentous debut, has exceeded box office expectations.  Today in honor of Robinson, every player in Major League Baseball    will wear Jackie Robinson’s No. 42.  Rachel Robinson at the stadium. (From...

by Gregg Chadwick At the Hanging Rock   by William Ford (1820–1886) 1875, oil on canvas, 79.2 x 117.5 cm Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria As March drew to a close, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band played a concert that Australian music writers have lauded. I wish I could have been there to see Springsteen and the band rip it up at Hanging Rock.  Incident on 57th Street in Australia  Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band  Live at Hanging Rock - Second Night - 31-03-2013  Major international musicians often perform outdoor concerts at the Hanging Rock reserve. Leonard Cohen graced the venue in 2010 and last month Springsteen performed two shows at the conclusion of the Australian leg of his 'Wrecking Ball' tour. The musical venue at Hanging Rock is temporary and currently used about once a year for large concerts.  Though I have spent quite a bit of time travelling through Australia over the year...

by Gregg Chadwick Johannes Vermeer Woman In Blue Reading A Letter  ( Brieflezende   vrouw ) 18 5/16" x 15 3/8" oil on canvas 1663-64  Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A.  van  der Hoop Bequest)   "It seems appropriate that a gesture so paradigmatic of Vermeer's art, should appear concerned with the weighing and balancing of light itself." - Edward Snow Currently on view at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, is Vermeer's haunting painting  Woman In Blue Reading A Letter.  On loan from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Getty is the artwork's last stop on a world tour before returning to the Netherlands for the reopening of the Rijksmuseum on April 13, 2013. The painting is on view at the Getty through Sunday, March 31, 2013. The Getty has thoughtfully installed  Woman in Blue Reading a Letter amidst paintings by Vermeer's Dutch contemporaries. On a recent visit to see the work at the Getty...

The Sandra Lee Gallery is pleased to invite you to an artist talk by Gregg Chadwick on Saturday, March 23rd, 2013 from 4 to 6 pm at the gallery. Chadwick will discuss the inspiration behind and the themes explored in his compelling artworks.  The exhibition is garnering great praise and has been reviewed by Fine Art Connoisseur  see full review at link -  http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com/Gregg-Chadwick-and-Painting-Time/15732772  )  and mentioned as a show not to miss by 7x7 Magazine  ( link at  http://www.7x7.com/arts-culture/four-sf-gallery-shows-see-week  ) And  Where San Francisco  writes: Sandra Lee Gallery  has a new exhibit this month:  Gregg Chadwick  "The Time Between"--the paintings are simply majestic! #SFArt Please RSVP to  art@sandraleegallery.com  to reserve your spot. The event is Free and open to all interested in the arts. Sandra Lee Gallery 251 Post Street,...

Explore open studios, watch artful demonstrations, enjoy live music, food trucks and family friendly activities. Painting, sculpture, ceramics, and mixed media will be represented and many artists will be selling work from their studios and offering refreshments.  More than 60 local artists and performers will have their private studios and works on view. The airport has developed over time into an arts incubator, and is home to a number of creative venues housed in converted airplane hangars. click here to view the full  ARTWALK PROGRAM ARENA 1   presents: Decade of Dissent: Democracy in Action, 1965-1975 ,  an exhibition featuring protest posters that reveal the persuasive power of art to inspire ideals of democracy.   www.arena1gallery.com 12:30pm GUIDED TOUR  with Carol Wells, founder of the  Center for the Study of Political Graphics , the largest repository of post–World War II ...