Speed of Life

by Gregg Chadwick I had the honor to watch Siddhali Shree's powerful documentary film "Stopping Traffic" at the Women Illuminated Film Festival on March 12, 2018 in New York.  Tonight - Wednesday, March 28TH at the North Hollywood Cinefest , Shree's important call to action will be screened and she will be on a directors panel.  Shree explains that now " with the instant reach of social media and the explosion in cyber porn, a child sex slave can be purchased online and delivered to a customer more quickly than a pizza." Shree's " Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex Trafficking" does not hold back. It is at times raw in its dialogue and heart-wrenching as we hear stories from survivors.   Shree is the first North American Jain female-monk, a US Army Iraq veteran, international speaker, author, documentarian, and an activist for social justice. In her film she has gathered activists, front-line rescue and aid organizations, and justice ...

Gregg Chadwick studio Santa Monica Airport Art Walk 2018 #greggchadwick#artiststudio#contemporaryartists#santamonicaairportartwalk#artsy_los_angeles#artfairla#santamonica#amazingart#artforyourheart#современноеискуство#paintsandbrushes A post shared by Artsy Los Angeles (@artsy_los_angeles) on Mar 25, 2018 at 10:55am PDT Enjoy a tour through my studio courtesy the amazing Artsy Los Angeles. Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday for the Santa Monica Airport Artwalk! Great chatting with Ruskin theater director John Ruskin and so many more. And for all of you who attended Saatchi Art's The Other Art Fair and visited my studio yesterday, major props to you! If you missed both events and would like to spend some time with my art, please email me at greggchadwick@gmail.com and let's set up a visit. Even my brushes get love in my studio at the 12th Annual Santa Monica Airport Artwalk 

by Gregg Chadwick Powerful tribute to the students and faculty who were senselessly gunned down in Parkland, Florida displayed at yesterday’s  # MarchForOurLives . Grand Park, Los Angeles at the LA March - photo by Gregg Chadwick  # NeverAgain # GunControlNow Irfan Khan in the L.A.Times explains,"As thousands packed in to Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles, 17 marchers held 17 hand-drawn portraits, one for each of the victims killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., last month. The drawings, which featured pops of orange and gold against mostly black-and-white images, were created by Grace Pekrul, 16, a student at Oak Park Independent School in Ventura County. The first names of each of the victims were written in neat cursive across the bottom of each image." More at:  http://www.latimes.com/…/la-me-saturday-walkouts-liveupdate… Make the #MarchForOurLives more than a moment - join the movement. Text ACT to 64433 to j...

Massive crowds packed onto Pennsylvania Avenue for #marchforourlives . A lot of young people, a lot of energy and a lot of passion. This certainly is a movement. pic.twitter.com/aSP5qOsIm2 — Kristen Holmes (@KristenhCNN) March 24, 2018 Over 800,000 came out for #MarchForOurLives in DC, with hundreds of thousands more rallying throughout the nation pic.twitter.com/LdCYajl1Iq — NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 25, 2018

by Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick Don't Shoot Monotype and Ink on Paper 22"x22" 2018 “Don’t Shoot” was created in solidarity with Saturday’s #marchforourlives and in response to the horrific, senseless gun violence in America. The youth have stood up against the NRA and I applaud them. I will be at the March on Saturday and then make it back for the Santa Monica Airport Artwalk. May we join in the spirit of nonviolence and togetherness. #art #artandsocialjustice

Gregg Chadwick Heavy Mex (Sergio Arau) 12"x12" oil on panel 2018 private collection Los Angeles  (Exhibited and Sold at The Other Art Fair , Los Angeles 2018) With his music, words and images, Sergio Arau has inspired me to create a series of paintings that feature him as the main character in my painted movies. Rock Star, actor, director, screenwriter, and artist Sergio Arau has often performed while wearing gear honoring Mexico's most famous wrestling star El Santo (The Man In the Silver Mask). Known as lucha libre, Mexican wrestlers such as El Santo are defenders of the poor and vulnerable. By taking on the persona of the Luchador (wrestler), Josh Kun writes in Audiotopia: Music, Race, and America , Sergio Arau and his bands have mixed "the traditional with the contemporary, the rural with the urban, the American with the Mexican, the charro with the rockero." My painting Heavy Mex (Sergio Arau) carries Sergio Arau into a Los Angeles rock clu...

by Gregg Chadwick Absolutely loved showing my art at the inaugural Los Angeles edition of The Other Art Fair . The attendance was amazing. My sales were strong. Fielding follow up transactions this week. To top it all off, the TOAF staff and volunteers were amazing and the camaraderie between the exhibiting artists was exceptional. Kudos to Nicole Garton, Sophie Lucas, Ryan Stanier, Emma Warren, Briana Salatino, Gina Hewitt, et al. Next stop Chicago, Los Angeles again, and more. Saatchi Art's The Other Art Fair (TOAF) is artist centric and artist empowering.  Once accepted into TOAF you become part of a global community of artists who have taken part in numerous fairs across the globe from Los Angeles, to Brooklyn, to London, to Sydney. Chicago is the next new destination. In this community, artist relationships provide important knowledge and a supportive community. As an exhibiting artist at TOAF - you make all the decisions - what work to bring, how to hang it...