Speed of Life

Oregon State scientists captured some rare blue whale feeding behavior from a research drone. Whales are the largest creatures on earth, and they get their energy by consuming some of the smallest creatures in the sea. This video shows how they make choices about what's worth eating.

Video by Gregg Chadwick U2 "Miss Sarajevo" at the Rose Bowl - May 20, 2017 with powerful visuals commenting on the civil war in Syria. Moving snippet added by Bono at the end with the words at the base of the Statue of Liberty. There were many beautiful musical moments at the Rose Bowl, from Edge's chiming guitar, to Adam Clayton's deep, fat bass, to Larry Mullin's powerful drumming, to an engaged Bono. For much of the evening, U2 performed in front of a giant video screen filled with Corbijn's evocative new imagery, and later filmed tributes to women's rights and the plight of Syrian refugees. As Bono says to Andy Greene in  Rolling Stone , "Let's meet one such immigrant who he wants to turn away from the shore. I commissioned french artist J.R. He didn't have much time to do it. Where are we going to find this girl? He finds her in Zaatari in a camp in Jordan, which I visited with my daughter and [my wife] Ali a year ago. He finds...

Happy IDAHOBIT 2017 ! The international day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia. # LoveIsLove as people join together to take a stand against prejudice. I remember standing outside the White House on the day that Marriage Equality was declared by the Supreme Court and the beauty of that storied house lit up in the colors of the LGBT flag.   "Today, I ask Canadians and people around the world to fight hatred, honour love, and defend human rights for everyone.” #IDAHOT #loveislove pic.twitter.com/orJMQR5846 — CanadianPM (@CanadianPM) May 17, 2017 Gregg Chadwick Arrivals and Departures (Charlotte to D.C. - June 26, 2015) 48"x36" oil on linen 2015-2016 

Spring Update 2017 "Intolerance is the father of illusion and evil deeds. Tolerance is not its opposite; tolerance is neutral. The opposite of intolerance is creative imagination, sympathetically exercised in the service of ever illusive truth. The people I trust and admire take that path. Scholars, scientists, priests, and philosophers have helped guide me ... A fiery legion of artists and writers flung wide the gates and beckoned my near- sighted soul to go deeper" -Alexander Eliot, "The Timeless Myths" I just returned from a fruitful trip to Madison, Wisconsin. Spring was erupting all around me in the city that many call the Berkeley of the Midwest. Blossoms covered the trees shading hundreds of crimson gown clad graduates. The air seemed to be filled with new hopes and new roads to follow. Inspiration carried me as I boarded the plane to return west to Los Angeles. As I gazed out my window, I watched the landscape turn from bright spring green, to dusty far...

Watch Kimmel's monologue praising Obamacare & tell your rep to oppose new anti-health care bill → (202) 224-3121.  https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/05/why-kimmels-obamacare-pitch-worked/525075/? And this brings us to Jimmy Kimmel. He, in essence, explained why it is now politically impossible to really repeal Obamacare and why politicians now must accede to the demand for universal coverage, not just theoretical access to health insurance. In an emotional monologue about his infant son’s heart defect, he told the crowd: We were brought up to believe that we live in the greatest country in the world, but until a few years ago millions and millions of us had no access to health insurance at all. You know, before 2014 if you were born with congenital heart disease like my son was, there was a good chance you’d never be able to get health insurance because you had a preexisting condition. You were born with a preexisting condition and if your parents didn’t...

Important Thoughts on Our Place In the World. Carl Sagan's famous 'The Pale Blue Dot' speech. Featured in the 2014 show 'Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey' Remember there is No Planet B! #ClimateMarch

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Gregg Chadwick's "Revenant" Jeffrey Carlson Reporting Editor, Fine Art Today  Specters from a distant past ‐‐ or perhaps another level of existence ‐‐ people the nostalgic and visionary works of Gregg Chadwick. Widely recognized for his figure paintings and cityscapes, Gregg Chadwick presents his latest work in an exhibition titled "Revenant," soon to be unveiled at San Francisco's Sandra Lee Gallery. The exhibition opens July 1, and the opening reception will be held July 10, from 5:30‐7:30 p.m. Gregg Chadwick, "Salish Sea," 2014, oil on linen, 30 x 24 in. Sandra Lee Gallery In viewing Chadwick's paintings, it feels as though we are viewing these people and places through a screen of nostalgic vision. In passages the works are blurred and vague, suggesting forms more than representing them. This lack of definition suggests the uncertainty and vagueness of a lost memory or a fleeting dream; we can picture its shape but a...

Gregg Chadwick and Painting Time Jeffrey Carlson Reporting Contributing Editor, Fine Art Today March 2013 In a new solo exhibition, California artist Gregg Chadwick ambitiously explores the boundaries of time and of representational painting.  Gregg Chadwick, "Grand Central," oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in.    Gregg Chadwick, “Il Poeta di Milano,” oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in. The Time Between, a show of recent paintings by Gregg Chadwick, is now on view at Sandra Lee Gallery in San Francisco. In these paintings Chadwick works lightly and suggestively, as if in the haze of a fragmented vision. Some figures are located in recognizable time and space, like three young women who stroll an open road, one texting and another snooping. In other works the subject is far more enigmatic, the spaces indeterminate, and the figures distorted or mirrored. The conceptual foundation for Chadwick’s recent work comes from a study of time as perce...

. @MuseumModernArt @curiousoctopus installing the flag designed by #GilbertBaker , which is part of MoMA's collection thanks to @michellemfisher 's efforts. pic.twitter.com/IIxNh2lWrB — Gretchen Scott (@gretchen_scott) April 1, 2017 Gilbert Baker, heading the Stockholm Pride Parade in 2003, pieced together the first rainbow flags in 1978. He described himself as the “gay Betsy Ross.” FREDRIK PERSSON / AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES More at: Gilbert Baker's Rainbow Flag

Happy birthday Vincent! #VisitBrabant @VanGoghBrabant @VanGoghEurope pic.twitter.com/IODLfNyD98 — VisitBrabant (@VisitBrabant) March 30, 2017

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by Gregg Chadwick *  Today   - a special look at my paintings and monotypes at the Santa Monica Art Studios on March 18, 2017 from 12-5 pm as part of the 11th Annual Santa Monica Airport Artwalk.   Featuring  A Balance of Shadows  from my 2004 solo exhibition in San Francisco and an overview of my artwork from 1999-2017, my studio will be a time capsule for one day.  Many of the artworks on view have been loaned from private collections and are rarely on public view. In addition, a choice selection of paintings and monotypes will be available for purchase.  Gregg Chadwick The City Drifts (San Francisco)  18"x14" oil on linen 1999 from San Francisco solo exhibition - A History of Light 1999 Many of my paintings are inspired by poetry, history, and literature. When I lived in San Francisco and often on return visits, Lawrence Ferlinghetti's bookstore City Lights beckoned. A few years ago with my great friend Phil Cousineau on...

by Gregg Chadwick I am excited to invite you to a special look at my paintings and monotypes at the Santa Monica Art Studios on March 18, 2017 from 12-5 pm as part of the 11th Annual Santa Monica Airport Artwalk.   Featuring A Balance of Shadows from my 2004 solo exhibition in San Francisco and an overview of my artwork from 1999-2017, my studio will be a time capsule for one day.  Many of the artworks on view have been loaned from private collections and are rarely on public view. In addition, a choice selection of paintings and monotypes will be available for purchase.  Copies of my brother Kent Chadwick’s wonderfully detailed book on my art will also be available for purchase.  A Balance of Shadows: Gregg Chadwick's Paintings  Hardcover – February 6, 2016 Available Online at Amazon E-book Version  Available Online Here Also, I am happy to announce that I have designed a line of clothing and accessories based aroun...

In the studio! #art #inspiration A post shared by Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) on Mar 2, 2017 at 10:37am PST

The New York Times Just Released This EPIC Anti-Trump Ad To Air At The Oscars pic.twitter.com/OTm1r9FtUr — RogelioGarcia Lawyer (@LawyerRogelio) February 26, 2017

by Gregg Chadwick Today as the trump administration and its henchmen are about to overrun the water protectors at Standing Rock, I am moved to repost this post from July. My thoughts are with the Standing Rock protesters today. They've defended land and water bravely. Today at 2pm they will be overrun. Last night many of their tents and structures were burned in defiance. We must continue to resist. Thank you🙏🏽  to all those who protect the water and thus our nation. #NoDAPL I often think about the rivers, lakes, towns and cities we have named after the original Americans. The absence of most of their culture in our increasingly mini-malled landscape points to the brutal erasure of Indian tribes across the United States. The dominant culture in America seems to continually romanticize, while at the same time ostracize, the rich history of Native Americans. Gregg Chadwick Salish Sea 30"x24" oil on linen 2014  Two years ago on a technicolor blue day, I s...