Speed of Life

Gregg Chadwick new breeze, new hour 30" x 22" monotype 2004 two exhibitions open this friday with work by gregg chadwick ( i will be attending the opening in park city. hope to see you there): the julie nester gallery in park city, utah will have its grand opening on december 3rd, 2004 from 5-8pm. 1755 b bonanza drive, park city, utah for more info: 435 649-7855 julienester@comcast.net (see below) & the lisa coscino gallery oh so proudly presents the original works of more than 30 artists at the amazing price of $99.95. entitled: the $99.95 show. we know what you're thinking: are they mad? are they out of your artsy minds? no, sir. tis the season.yes, tis. tis, tis, tis. for further information, please contact lisa coscino at 831.646.1939.

periodically i will pick an exhibition or an opening to highlight. if you are in new york this thursday or will be traveling there shortly make sure that you visit the foley gallery , a new space with great potential. michael foley, who served as director of the yancey richardson gallery in new york and before that worked with catherine clark in san francisco, has opened his own gallery. michael's new gallery focuses on photography and works on paper.

the transparent life 30"x22" monotype 2004 Moment Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form. -Adam Zagajewski

i've been reading the poetry of adam zagajewski derek walcott in the new republic : "these poems enter and possess you quietly. it is the quiet of a train halted on its lines. the engine throbs like a pulse, and there is always music in these verses, or the echo of music" zagajewski is a polish poet currently dividing his time between paris and houston where he teaches. there is much of czeslaw milosz here and joseph brodsky as well as the american, edward hirsch. but in the end adam zagajewski is his own poet. as i prepare for a new group of paintings i find a world of inspiration in these poems. zagajewski leads us into the shadows but he is not afraid to show us the light.

(Peace) 320˚ NW From where the red-winged blackbirds sing on the cattails of the Schel-Cheb marsh and the blue camas flowers bloom planted by Gale Cool in a prairie genesis the smooth shore of Kitsap’s village the Suquamish called “Bringing-it-home” opens out to the waves of Rich Passage, and beyond Rainier rises sixty miles away, its great gray ridges sharp, its massive glaciers white. At home in this sunlight the strong irony strikes Don Mowatt: on the phone from Pleasant Beach talking to a survivor in Bosnia, knowing he is to go, the call’s been made. Peace spreads by being left behind. - poem by kent chadwick

Kent Chadwick's poem "(Peace) 320˚ NW" is the first in a series of responses to my question, "How do you paint, write, sing peace?" Kent Chadwick is a Seattle based poet. His work is rich in language and moment. "(Peace) 320˚ NW" is from a new, ongoing series of poems modeled on the Japanese ukiyo-e artists Hokusai and Hiroshige's views of Mount Fuji. Mount Rainer is the touchstone in this series. Each poem contains a fleeting view of Rainier that acts as a silent witness to the life unveiling below. I urge you to read the lengthy and important series of comments found below the intial post. Thank you for your thoughts and I encourage you to think seriously about this question. I welcome your responses. Feel free to e-mail images, poems, stories and links to your songs my way.

  Gregg Chadwick Either/Or 36"x29" oil on linen 2004 Private Collection, San Francisco I find I need to look deeply into this painting to provide an antidote to the images flooding my way as I walk down the avenue. rack after newsrack, each with a front page heralding destruction. Years ago I was in Perth, Australia reading an art review concerning an exhibition about peace. Most of the images in in the show were anti-war but few if any were really about the idea of peace. The title of the review was "how do you paint peace". I have been trying to do that ever since. I think this painting is close. I ask you: how would you paint peace? How would you create the idea of peace in your music? In your writing? In your life? Please send thoughts. ideas and images my way- greggchadwick@icloud.com I will post your dreams...