Must Watch video of International Jazz Day Event at the White House.
Sunday, May 01, 2016
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
City of Angels Benefits Venice Family Clinic
Gregg Chadwick
City of Angels
17”x17” oil on linen 2014
My painting, City of Angels, will be available at the 2016 Benefit Auction for the Venice Family Clinic on Sunday, May 22, 2016. The annual event, now in its 37th year, will again be held at Google Los Angeles in the Frank Gehry designed Binoculars Building. City of Angels will be featured for pre-bidding on the auction site Paddle 8 with a select group of donated artworks. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of my painting help fund the Venice Family Clinic’s comprehensive health care program for the low-income and uninsured.
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Bruce Springsteen opens Brooklyn show with Purple Rain
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Open Brooklyn Show with a tribute to Prince - Purple Rain
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Friday, April 15, 2016
Powerful Film - THE BIRTH OF A NATION
Set against the antebellum South, THE BIRTH OF A NATION follows Nat Turner (Nate Parker), a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), accepts an offer to use Nat’s preaching to subdue unruly slaves. As he witnesses countless atrocities - against himself and his fellow slaves - Nat orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
Sunday, April 10, 2016
A Message from Delaware Gov. Jack Markell
Must watch video from Delaware Governor Jack Markell - In response to a wave of anti-transgender legislation in several states around the country, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell stands up for transgender equality and combats the misinformation and scare tactics being utilized by proponents of these discriminatory bills. Gov. Markell is the only sitting governor to have signed both sexual orientation and gender identity protections in employment, housing, and public accommodations.
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Fresh Faces: New Portraits by Los Angeles Artists
Tonight in Santa Monica:
Fresh Faces: New Portraits by Los Angeles Artists presented by Saatchi Art
My portrait of Anna May Wong is part of this upcoming exhibition in Santa Monica. Anna May Wong was the first Chinese American film star, and the first Asian American actress to gain international recognition.
Her acting career went from silent films to talkies, to stage, to radio, and to television.
Born in Los Angeles, a few blocks from Chinatown, Anna May Wong's career has been an inspiration for many. My painting was created as an homage to Anna, sourced from numerous photo stills and film clips from the era.
Please join Saatchi Art in celebrating the opening of
FRESH FACES
New Portraits by Los Angeles Artists
THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016
7-9PM
Saatchi Art at Demand Media
1655 26th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
For complimentary valet parking, enter lot via 26th Street.
Please RSVP by March 17th at the link below.
FRESH FACES
New Portraits by Los Angeles Artists
THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016
7-9PM
Saatchi Art at Demand Media
1655 26th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
For complimentary valet parking, enter lot via 26th Street.
Please RSVP by March 17th at the link below.
Fresh Faces, curated by Saatchi Art curators Katherine Henning and Jessica McQueen, continues Saatchi Art's series of exhibitions around the world featuring today's most exciting emerging artists.
The exhibition will feature recent works by 14 Los Angeles-based artists, including Kevin Bradley, Gregg Chadwick, Karen Clark, Fabio Coruzzi, Steven Engelmann, Maria Folger, Minas Halaj, Mark Hobley, Tahnee Lonsdale, Mallory Morrison, Christopher Mudgett, Brian Oldham, Stephanie Vovas and Adrian Kay Wong.
The exhibition will be on view from March 24 through May 13, 2016. Gallery hours: Monday through Friday 10am-5pm and Saturday by appointment. Gallery contact: curator@saatchiart.com.
All works are for sale at the exhibition in Santa Monica and online at Saatchi Art. To view, please visit saatchiart.com/show/freshfaces.
#FreshFaces
#FreshFaces
Monday, March 21, 2016
Loving Vincent
by Gregg Chadwick
Currently under production by the Oscar winning companies Breakthru Films and Trademark Films, the animated film Loving Vincent delves into the life and art of Vincent Van Gogh. Each frame of the film is an oil painting on canvas that will lend a sense of immediacy and painterly touch to Vincent's story.
Loving Vincent is sourced from over one hundred and twenty of Vincent Van Gogh's paintings and from the 800 letters written by Van Gogh during his lifetime.
The trailers below give hints of the animated feature to come.
Enjoy!
Friday, March 18, 2016
Monday, March 07, 2016
Sunday, March 06, 2016
Mystery Train at 10th Annual Santa Monica Airport Artwalk
Fresh from my solo exhibition at the Sandra Lee Gallery in San Francisco and the Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, a number of paintings from my current series of train inspired artworks will be on view at the Santa Monica Art Studios on March 12, 2016 from 12-5 pm as part of the 10th Annual Santa Monica Airport Artwalk.
Gregg Chadwick’s Mystery Train and Open Studio
SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2016
12-5 PM
Studio #15
Santa Monica Art Studios
3026 Airport Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Free parking outside the hangar.
More on Mystery Train at www.greggchadwick.com
#mysterytrain
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Gregg Chadwick Artist Talk on Feb 27th 2016 - Last Week for Mystery Train at Sandra Lee Gallery and More Studio Notes from Gregg Chadwick - Winter 2016
I reorganized my paints yesterday after fervent months in the studio painting the work for Mystery Train. Tubes of oil paint squeezed into empty twisted shells and stray caps marked only by a tell tale ring of color were discarded. Brushes, newly cleaned, stand at attention ready for new work. A clean glass palette now sits on top of a used stack of brightly daubed surfaces. Painting trains seems to bring daily reminders of change, of process, of journeys. When a train or plane turns around for its trip back home, there is little time for introspection. Vehicles are cleaned, engines refueled, often a new crew is added - new passengers and new travels await. As Mystery Train prepares to depart San Francisco, I ask you to celebrate with me at a closing party and artist talk on February 27th at the Sandra Lee Gallery (details below) if you are in the Bay Area. I have listed below a series of events, exhibitions, press, and more that give a glimpse into the excitement around Mystery Train and my art. Thanks for taking the time to look at and ponder my paintings!
Hope to see you soon. - Gregg Chadwick
1. Artist Talk and Closing Party for Mystery Train on Saturday, February 27, 2016 2-4pm
Santa Monica-based artist Gregg Chadwick has been painting for three decades. His current studio is an old airplane hangar where the flurry of takeoffs and landings on the runway outside seems to creep into Chadwick’s paintings as he explores movement and travel within his light-filled paintings. His current series of paintings is entitled ‘Mystery Train’ and evokes the railways of America that Chadwick says run in his blood. His grandfather worked as a fireman, stoking coal in steam engines before advancing to train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. Chadwick often says that family gatherings brought the rhythms of the rails home. The sounds of railroad workers echoed in the music that Chadwick’s relatives played in the shadows of the train lines outside. For Chadwick and many others such as writer Greil Marcus, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, and musicians Junior Parker and Elvis Presley, the enduring mythos of America and its legacy is wrapped in the blues notes of the song ‘Mystery Train’. Chadwick will speak about these influences and how they shaped his current paintings.
2. Gregg Chadwick's 'Mystery Train' Celebrates the Rhythms of the Rails! by Kathy Leonardo
Read more about Mystery Train in the Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-leonardo-/gregg-chadwicks-mystery-t_b_9203570.html?utm_hp_ref=arts&ir=Art
3. Much thanks to Alan Bamberger for his photos and comments on the "Mystery Train" opening at Sandra Lee Gallery on Feb 4 -
Sandra Lee Gallery: Mystery Train - Gregg Chadwick.
Comment by AB: "Dreamy dynamic portrayals recall the heyday of rail travel and the nostalgia it evokes."
More from Alan at: http://artbusiness.com/1open/020416.html
4. Mystery Train: Influences and Inspiration (Videos and More) http://www.greggchadwick.com/Gregg_Chadwick/Mystery_Train__Influences_and_Inspiration_%28Videos_and_More%29/Mystery_Train__Influences_and_Inspiration_%28Videos_and_More%29.html
5. A selection of Gregg Chadwick’s paintings from the Mystery Train series was exhibited at the Palm Springs Fine Art Fair from February 11-14 in the Sandra Lee Gallery booth.
(Photo by Eric Minh Swenson) Gregg spoke at the booth on February 12, 2016. Jersey Rain (Across the Tracks) was illustrated in the catalog and Gregg’s talk was featured as well.
http://www.palmspringsfineartfair.com/gregg-chadwick/
6. A solo exhibition of Gregg Chadwick’s paintings entitled Cities in Time, hangs through March 2016 at Vedder Price in Century City, California.
7. Gregg Chadwick’s painting Pigalle is featured on the cover of the latest issue of
Black Fox Literary Magazine.
http://www.blackfoxlitmag.com/
8. A Balance of Shadows: Gregg Chadwick's Paintings
Authored by Kent Chadwick
Hardcover – February 6, 2016
Available Online at Amazon
Hope to see you soon. - Gregg Chadwick
1. Artist Talk and Closing Party for Mystery Train on Saturday, February 27, 2016 2-4pm
Santa Monica-based artist Gregg Chadwick has been painting for three decades. His current studio is an old airplane hangar where the flurry of takeoffs and landings on the runway outside seems to creep into Chadwick’s paintings as he explores movement and travel within his light-filled paintings. His current series of paintings is entitled ‘Mystery Train’ and evokes the railways of America that Chadwick says run in his blood. His grandfather worked as a fireman, stoking coal in steam engines before advancing to train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. Chadwick often says that family gatherings brought the rhythms of the rails home. The sounds of railroad workers echoed in the music that Chadwick’s relatives played in the shadows of the train lines outside. For Chadwick and many others such as writer Greil Marcus, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, and musicians Junior Parker and Elvis Presley, the enduring mythos of America and its legacy is wrapped in the blues notes of the song ‘Mystery Train’. Chadwick will speak about these influences and how they shaped his current paintings.
Sandra Lee Gallery
251 Post Street, Suite 310
San Francisco, CA 94108
415.291.8000
art@sandraleegallery.com
2. Gregg Chadwick's 'Mystery Train' Celebrates the Rhythms of the Rails! by Kathy Leonardo
Read more about Mystery Train in the Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-leonardo-/gregg-chadwicks-mystery-t_b_9203570.html?utm_hp_ref=arts&ir=Art
3. Much thanks to Alan Bamberger for his photos and comments on the "Mystery Train" opening at Sandra Lee Gallery on Feb 4 -
Sandra Lee Gallery: Mystery Train - Gregg Chadwick.
Comment by AB: "Dreamy dynamic portrayals recall the heyday of rail travel and the nostalgia it evokes."
More from Alan at: http://artbusiness.com/1open/020416.html
4. Mystery Train: Influences and Inspiration (Videos and More) http://www.greggchadwick.com/Gregg_Chadwick/Mystery_Train__Influences_and_Inspiration_%28Videos_and_More%29/Mystery_Train__Influences_and_Inspiration_%28Videos_and_More%29.html
5. A selection of Gregg Chadwick’s paintings from the Mystery Train series was exhibited at the Palm Springs Fine Art Fair from February 11-14 in the Sandra Lee Gallery booth.
(Photo by Eric Minh Swenson) Gregg spoke at the booth on February 12, 2016. Jersey Rain (Across the Tracks) was illustrated in the catalog and Gregg’s talk was featured as well.
http://www.palmspringsfineartfair.com/gregg-chadwick/
6. A solo exhibition of Gregg Chadwick’s paintings entitled Cities in Time, hangs through March 2016 at Vedder Price in Century City, California.
7. Gregg Chadwick’s painting Pigalle is featured on the cover of the latest issue of
Black Fox Literary Magazine.
http://www.blackfoxlitmag.com/
8. A Balance of Shadows: Gregg Chadwick's Paintings
Authored by Kent Chadwick
Hardcover – February 6, 2016
Available Online at Amazon
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Saturday, February 20, 2016
Stack of Pigalles: Pigalle by Gregg Chadwick on Cover of Black Fox Literary Magazine
A photo posted by Black Fox Literary Magazine (@blackfoxlit) on
Friday, February 19, 2016
More Mystery Train Inspiration -Gary Clark Jr. - When My Train Pulls In
Gary Clark Jr.’s vocals and guitar carry the themes of my show “Mystery Train” directly into our present. Haunting and at times wild with a searing beauty. Almost every night as my hands grew tired from painting, Gary Clark Jr. propelled me to go on just a bit further.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
More Mystery Train Events
- Artist Talk and Closing Party for Mystery Train on Feb 27, 2016 2-4pm
- Read more about Mystery Train in the Huffington Post:
- A selection of Gregg Chadwick’s paintings from the Mystery Train series was exhibited at the Palm Springs Fine Art Fair from February 11-14 in the Sandra Lee Gallery booth. (Photo by Eric Minh Swenson) Gregg spoke at the booth on February 12, 2016. Jersey Rain (Across the Tracks) was illustrated in the catalog and Gregg’s talk was featured as well.
Thursday, February 04, 2016
New Exhibition - Mystery Train Opens Tonight in San Francisco
Mystery Train
February 2 - 29, 2016 at Sandra Lee Gallery in San Francisco
A Solo Exhibition of New Paintings
Opening Reception - February 4, 2016 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Sandra Lee Gallery
251 Post Street, Suite 310
San Francisco, CA 94108
Read More on Mystery Train in the Wall Street International.
Monday, January 18, 2016
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Happy Holidays!
Gregg Chadwick Rio Grande 30"x40" oil on linen 2015 |
Saturday, December 05, 2015
Great Read: Portraits: John Berger on Artists
Really enjoying John Berger's new book which collects many of his perceptive pieces on art and artists.
John Berger’s Portraits shows how art teaches us to see: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2015/12/john_berger_s_portraits_reviewed.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top … via @slate
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Music for Paris
"This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before" Leonard Bernstein
Gregg Chadwick added,
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Legos Doesn't Like Political Art Made From Legos
Legos refuses Ai Weiwei bulk order says “cannot approve use of #Legos for political works” http://ow.ly/TOWVD
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Tonight! Art & Home: An Evening with LA Family Housing - October 21, 2015 7-9pm
Monday, October 19, 2015
Astronomy Night at the White House
Ahmed Mohamed, falsely arrested for homemade clock, visits White House for #AstronomyNight http://trib.in/1klteba
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
You Are Cordially Invited to Gregg Chadwick's Events and Exhibitions!
Please Join Me This Upcoming Weekend for the 11th Anniversary of the Santa Monica Art Studios.
My studio #15 will be open with a display of new paintings in process.
Saturday, October 17 from 6-9pm
Sunday, October 18 from 1-5pm
3026 Airport Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Gregg Chadwick will be speaking at The Representational Art Conference
on November 2, 2015 in Ventura, California
From Tehran to Ferguson:
Social Justice in Contemporary Representational Art
(For more info please click here: http://trac2015.org/gregg-chadwick/)
Gregg Chadwick
Kids Who Die: From Ferguson to Baltimore
24"x48" oil on linen 2015
(Inspired by Langston Hughes & the #BlackLivesMatter Movement)
Gregg Chadwick's Solo Exhibition Cinema of Time
Continues at Upper West through October 24, 2015
Upper West, 3221 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Artist Gregg Chadwick Engages Hollywood in New Exhibition: "Cinema of Time"
Huffington Post Article published July 7, 2015 By Kathy Leonardo
"Paintings have always been a backdrop in Gregg Chadwick's life. Much like a cinematographer shapes a film with beautiful images, Chadwick creates his own stories via his art with iconic themes and striking figures with subtle subtext."
Read the Complete Article at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-leonardo-/artist-gregg-chadwick-eng_b_7740254.html
"Buddha of Roseburg" will be available at
Art & Home: An Evening with LA Family Housing to benefit LA Family Housing.
October 21, 2015 7-9pm
Room & Board, Helm's Bakery Building, 8707 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232
Gregg Chadwick
Buddha of Roseburg
8"x6" oil on panel 2015
More at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1023426074375780/
https://www.facebook.com/lafhonline
And a not so distant memory...
Actress and Art Collector Yareli Arizmendi
Seems to Merge with Gregg Chadwick's Ethereal Painting at LA ART Show 2015 #LAArtShow
My artwork was featured at the LA Art Show 2015 at the LA Convention Center by the Sandra Lee Gallery and The Station Agent was illustrated in the catalog. January 14-18, 2015
Thanks for your interest in my art.
Gregg
www.greggchadwick.com
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Kiwis in LA
RT @KiwisInLosA
Kiwis in LA Art Show and Wine Tasting. Sat Oct 10, 6-10pm, Santa Monica Art Studios. Thx @AIRNZUSA
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Kids Who Die (Ferguson to Baltimore)
Gregg Chadwick
Kids Who Die (Ferguson to Baltimore)
24”x48” oil on linen 2015
inspired by Langston Hughes and the #BlackLivesMatter movement
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Kids Who Die
by Langston Hughes
This is for the kids who die,
Black and white,
For kids will die certainly.
The old and rich will live on awhile,
As always,
Eating blood and gold,
Letting kids die.
Kids will die in the swamps of Mississippi
Organizing sharecroppers
Kids will die in the streets of Chicago
Organizing workers
Kids will die in the orange groves of California
Telling others to get together
Whites and Filipinos,
Negroes and Mexicans,
All kinds of kids will die
Who don't believe in lies, and bribes, and contentment
And a lousy peace.
Of course, the wise and the learned
Who pen editorials in the papers,
And the gentlemen with Dr. in front of their names
White and black,
Who make surveys and write books
Will live on weaving words to smother the kids who die,
And the sleazy courts,
And the bribe-reaching police,
And the blood-loving generals,
And the money-loving preachers
Will all raise their hands against the kids who die,
Beating them with laws and clubs and bayonets and bullets
To frighten the people —
For the kids who die are like iron in the blood of the people —
And the old and rich don't want the people
To taste the iron of the kids who die,
Don't want the people to get wise to their own power,
To believe an Angelo Herndon, or even get together
Listen, kids who die —
Maybe, now, there will be no monument for you
Except in our hearts
Maybe your bodies'll be lost in a swamp
Or a prison grave, or the potter's field,
Or the rivers where you're drowned like Leibknecht
But the day will come —
You are sure yourselves that it is coming —
When the marching feet of the masses
Will raise for you a living monument of love,
And joy, and laughter,
And black hands and white hands clasped as one,
And a song that reaches the sky —
The song of the life triumphant
Through the kids who die.
Must Watch Reading of Hughes Poem - Kids Who Die: A Tribute to the Movement (Narrated by Danny Glover)
youtu.be/e5k2pfkXd0c
youtu.be/e5k2pfkXd0c
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