Speed of Life

by Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick     Deerhead  Diner 24”x36” oil on linen 2014 Like a scene pulled from a Scorsese film or lifted from a Sopranos’ episode, my painting “Deerhead Diner” evokes an American scene of tough guys and two bit joints. Inspired by an actual diner I would visit in Queens near LaGuardia airport, “Deerhead Diner” depicts a timeless yet vanishing world.

by Gregg Chadwick Beer for Homer at Miyazaki's Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Japan photo by Gregg Chadwick I just love this new clip from Sunday's upcoming Simpsons episode which includes a wonderful and comedic tribute to animator Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. The magic that Miyazaki has created resonates globally. Enjoy! Robot From Castle in the Sky at Ghibli Museum photo  by Gregg Chadwick

Gregg Chadwick l'Horloge   de  Baudelaire (Baudelaire's Clock)  40" x 30" oil on linen 2013 courtesy  Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, California Opening on January 9, 2014, from 5:00-7:30pm, at the Sandra Lee Gallery in San Francisco, California is a new  group  exhibition  which  includes my artwork along with work by Kathryn Arnold, Henry Jackson, Irena  Kononova , Jeremy Morgan, Jeffrey  Palladini , Hyun Su Park, Daniel Phill, George Rivera,  Jungsan   Senim  and others. The exhibition runs until January 31, 2014. The Sandra Lee Gallery is located at:  251 Post Street, Suite 310, San Francisco, CA 94108 [t] 415.291.8000 art@sandraleegallery.com

Gregg Chadwick Mulholland Blue  24"x30" oil on linen 2013 Honored that my painting  Mulholland Blue   is included in Saatchi Online's "Best of 2013" feature: http://art.saatchionline.com/bestof2013/

Gregg Chadwick Night Swim, Kaufmann House 24"x30" oil on linen 2013 Courtesy Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, California   On Friday, December 13th, we chased away the demons with an inspiring book reading   at Book Soup on Sunset in Hollywood with the presentation of Burning the Midnight Oil: Illuminating Words for the Long Night's Journey into Day , which includes my essay Night Painting.  Please join us at Book Passage in Corte Madera on December 18, 2013 at 7 pm for our next event. I will again be reading. This marvelous book, edited by Phil Cousineau, includes an inspiring array of essays and poems: including pieces by Vincent Van Gogh, Walt Whitman, Pico Iyer, Rabandranath Tagore, Mary Oliver, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Jorge Borges, William Blake, Mikkel Aaland, Kent Chadwick, Alexander Eliot, Jane Winslow Eliot, Li Po , Antler, Annie Dillard, Charles Bukowski, R B Morris, Willis Barnstone,  Bruce Chatwin, James Norwood Pratt, Tess ...

The Courage to Create WEEKEND OF DECEMBER 6-8, 2013 Gregg Chadwick The Painter ( il miglior fabbro ) 24"x30" oil on linen 2013 What role does creativity play in our lives? Is it an inner imperative that helps us forge the well-lived life? This workshop at Esalen, situated along California's rugged Big Sur coastline, engages with the notion that creativity is a “battle with the gods” in light of its Latin origins in the word  creare , the natural urge “to grow or make order of chaos." Our point of departure is that creativity is an archetypal journey with recognizable stages, which are especially helpful when we are stuck or lost in our work. For the last thirty years, Phil Cousineau has used his three-stage model — Inspiration, Perspiration, and Realization — as a guide to help writers, artists, and filmmakers to deepen and complete their work. The artist Gregg Chadwick uses his own artwork and anecdotes from his lifelong study of painters to prov...