{"title":"Gregg Chadwick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"max-height: 300px; max-width:55%\" src=\"https:\/\/helloart-prod-bucket.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/artist\/gregg-chadwick\/gregg-chadwick-profile.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregg Chadwick creates his artwork in an old airplane hangar in Santa Monica, California. The recurring sound of airplane take-offs and landings from the active airport runway outside his studio reminds him of his own history of travel.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eChadwick has exhibited his artworks in galleries and museums both nationally and internationally. He earned a Bachelor's Degree at UCLA and a Master’s Degree at NYU, both in Fine Art.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eChadwick has had notable solo exhibitions at the Manifesta Maastricht Gallery (Maastricht, The Netherlands), Space AD 2000 (Tokyo, Japan), the Lisa Coscino Gallery (Pacific Grove, CA), the Julie Nester Gallery (Park City, Utah), the Sandra Lee Gallery (San Francisco), and Audis Husar Fine Arts (Los Angeles) among others. Chadwick has participated in over one hundred and fifty group exhibitions including the L Ross Gallery (Memphis, Tenn), the Andrea Schwartz Gallery (San Francisco), Band of Vices (Los Angeles), the LOOK Gallery (Los Angeles), the Propeller Gallery (Santa Monica), the di Rosa Preserve Gallery (Napa) and the Arts Club of Washington (Washington DC).\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eChadwick’s art is notably included in the collections of the Adobe Corporation, the Gilpin Museum, the Graciela Hotel – Burbank, the Harbor Court Hotel - San Francisco; the Kimpton Group’s headquarters in San Francisco, the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Nordstrom Company Headquarters, the UCLA School of Nursing, the W Hotel Hollywood, and Winona State University.\u2028\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eChadwick is frequently invited to lecture on the arts. He has spoken at UCLA, Monterey Peninsula College, the Esalen Institute, TRAC 2015, the World Views forum in Amsterdam - The Netherlands, and at Categorically Not - a monthly forum that considers the arts and science. Twice a year he delivers a lecture on art and social justice at UCLA in an interdisciplinary form with the UCLA School of Nursing.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eChadwick was a working artist in residence at the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles leading students at Culver City High School in an exploration of Dael Orlandersmith’s “Until the Flood.”\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eChadwick is the proud father of his transgender daughter Cassiel Chadwick..\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eARTIST’S STATEMENT\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor me, oil painting is the transmission of a mystical tradition. My process is a cycle of application and erasure: I build the surface only to scrape it back while wet, leaving behind a fragile palimpsest. These under-images are vital ghosts—remnants of earlier ideas that remain visible within the work.\r\u003cbr\u003eAt the heart of this technique is the use of pentimenti. I embrace both planned and accidental marks, layering paint to create a succession of present moments. This accumulation of history creates a distinct sensation of light emanating from within the canvas.\r\u003cbr\u003eThe meaning of my art—the interplay of memory, time, and human struggle—is inextricably linked to the physical reality of the oil painting process. The human figure, rendered in transparent veils of color, functions as a visible archive of its own history. My physical engagement with the surface ensures that the process of creation is synonymous with the resulting narrative.\r\u003cbr\u003eThese works reflect the 21st-century human subject: a collection of memories and hopes layered over time. My paintings ask for a different kind of attention—slower, closer, and perhaps more honest.\r\u003cbr\u003e \r\u003cbr\u003e- Gregg Chadwick, March 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"garden-of-glances","title":"Garden of Glances","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e48x48x1.75\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe joy of Spring fills my oil on linen painting \"Garden of Glances\". Sensual color bursts forth from the painting carrying the figures going about their daily lives into a dream world redolent of memory and possibility. Inspired by the parks and gardens near my home in Santa Monica, \"Garden of Glances\" reflects the rich culture of our contemporary walkable city. Beauty is all around us. Sometimes a stroll in the park is exactly what you need.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregg Chadwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42265661177959,"sku":null,"price":6335.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1773765883_93415.jpg?v=1774022795"},{"product_id":"the-color-of-time","title":"The Color of Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e48x48x1.75\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy oil on linen painting \"The Color of Time\" was inspired by the large clocks which bring us face to face with the hands of time by the efforts of architect Gae Aulenti as she transformed an abandoned train station into the Musée d'Orsay.\r\u003cbr\u003eI find myself drawn to artworks, architectural spaces, and transportation devices that meld the past and present. While living in San Francisco, I lived a few blocks from the Main Library and watched as Aulenti transformed the Beaux Arts building into the Asian Art Museum. Aulenti referred to the mix of past and present in her architectural renovations as a “double ambiguity.'' With sketchbook and camera in hand, I roam spaces that carry this double ambiguity- sketching details, pulling visual moments, and jotting down ideas. My artworks invite the viewer into a deeper contemplation of time, memory, and our inherent meaning within the fabric of existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregg Chadwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42265661210727,"sku":null,"price":6335.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1773766269_28415.jpg?v=1774022807"},{"product_id":"where-the-light-gets-in-1","title":"Where the Light Gets In","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e34x34x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003en my oil on linen painting “Where the Light Gets In” a woman is engaged with books spread out before her on shelves and the bookstore floor like magical treatises on art and life. For me booksellers and bookstores are not merely points of sale but profound portals to knowledge, imagination, and transformative human experience. Booksellers and librarians are custodians of these profound gateways.\r\u003cbr\u003eI weave threads of current events and pop culture into the philosophical and spiritual undercurrents of my art. My art engages with the contemporary human condition by depicting the fleeting movement of time and the human endeavor of \"noticing\"—the struggle to deeply see and grasp the elusive moments that shape individual and collective lives. This commitment to capturing ephemeral experiences and profound observations is a hallmark of my practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregg Chadwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42265661407335,"sku":null,"price":3520.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1773771126_73790.jpg?v=1774022828"},{"product_id":"le-cafe-des-reves","title":"Le Café des Rêves","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e48x72x1.75\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy oil on linen painting \"Le Café des Rêves\" was inspired by the magical café on the upper floor of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. The restaurant was designed by the Brazilian design duo - The Campana Brothers.\r\u003cbr\u003eDeeply rooted in Brazilian culture and traditions, their work carries universal values at its core, such as freedom and human dignity. By incorporating the idea of transformation and reinvention, their creative process raises everyday materials to nobility. My artwork echoes their aims. The woman seated in the whirling space seems to be in a realm of transformation and dreams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregg Chadwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42265661964391,"sku":null,"price":8445.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1773766537_46128.jpg?v=1774022871"},{"product_id":"booksellers-night","title":"Bookseller's Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e48x66x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy oil on linen painting \"Bookseller's Night\" was inspired by a sojourn in Paris near Montmartre. That summer the light hung on late into the evening until the sky rolled into a blue hour. While walking the Parisian streets under those deep blue skies, I would often stop to glance at books spread out like magical treatises on art and life. We lived that summer in the shadow of Monet, Manet, and Caillebotte. Two of Manet's last studios were on our street and nearby on the Place de Dublin, Caillebotte set his magical painting \"Paris Street; Rainy Day\" (\"Rue de Paris, temps de pluie\"). Nearby was the Gare Saint-Lazare which inspired Monet to create Turneresque images of trains and steam.  \r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eI carried those memories with me as I painted \"Bookseller's Night\" along with time traveling thoughts of San Francisco and New York. \r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eA few years ago, I stood outside in a clearing of a Monterey, California forest near the coast in the middle of the night with my brother and René Boitelle, a painting conservator at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Unlike the skies in Los Angeles, we were able to see the stars in the night sky and of course thought of Vincent Van Gogh’s painterly evocations of the glittering night. Van Gogh was able to capture the night in his paintings with his skillful use of midnight blue and starry yellow. Gazing at a Van Gogh painting of a star filled sky, it seems as if he knew that the lights he saw in the dark night sky had traveled from the deepest reaches of time. According to physicists, as we gaze at the stars, in essence we are looking back towards the beginning of time.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eLater that week, I stood with René and another conservator, Devi Ormond, before a Van Gogh painting of a weaver; the painting was laid out like a patient on a table in the Getty Museum’s conservation lab. The work seemed so fragile, yet at the same time sturdy and timeless hearkening back to an era of firelight, candlelight, and moonlight. Soon after Van Gogh painted his weavers, the advent of electricity would completely alter the character of the night. Perhaps in every painting of the night there is a hint of this loss, echoing the shadowed forms in the artwork. I am reminded of the nights many years ago when, before painting, I would put Miles Davis on the record player. I would drop the needle on the first track and listen to the hiss and crackle as ‘Round Midnight began to play– the music always muted, blurred as if it emerged from a smoke filled room.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregg Chadwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42265662095463,"sku":null,"price":8445.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1773766805_49562.jpg?v=1774022885"},{"product_id":"sound-and-vision-sunset-boulevard","title":"Sound and Vision (Sunset Boulevard)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e36x24x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is something special about an L.A. night in the rain. In my oil on linen painting \"Sound and Vision (Sunset Boulevard - Tower Records)\", a film crew prepares for the next shot as they work as a team in the collaborative art of cinema. The director of photography holds a light digital camera suitable for a beneath the radar indie production while the sound engineer readies their boom mic. Wheels rush by in the mist as Tower Records beckons from the past. An ad for a Prince album glows purple in the rain. 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This alchemy between pigment and subject prompted the 20th century modernist Willem de Kooning to declare \"flesh was the reason that oil paint was invented.\"\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eThe Flemish masters Jan van Eyck and Hans Memling began their paintings with a light colored underpainting upon which successive layers of glowing translucent oil paints were applied. Light reflects through these lustrous layers allowing us to peer into the surface of the painting. In this way oil paint seems to breathe.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eMy painting \"Scarlet Shadow\" adapts this Flemish technique onto a large scale portrait.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregg Chadwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42265663406183,"sku":null,"price":14075.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1773769724_76030.jpg?v=1774022911"},{"product_id":"balance-of-shadows","title":"Balance of Shadows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e96x72x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Balance of Shadows is a visual poem reflecting the tensions of our era. Thin transparent layers of lapis lazuli form the sky. Sourced in Afghanistan, this precious stone, when ground into pigment, creates a radiant blue that has been considered auspicious in both east and west. The word depicted in Japanese script in the upper left section of the painting is satori.  The word satori is a Japanese Buddhist term for enlightenment or \"understanding\". In the Zen Buddhist tradition, satori refers to the experience of kensho. Kensho when used in Zen traditions refers to \"seeing into one's true nature.\" Ken means \"seeing,\" sho means \"nature\" or \"essence.\" Satori and kensho are commonly translated as enlightenment, a word that is also used to translate bodhi, prajna and buddhahood. \r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eA series of interactions between this painting and viewers worldwide has taken place on the web. Poets, writers and artists from Brazil, to Hong Kong, to Greece, to the Netherlands have interacted with the painting in online dialogues. I have traveled widely in my quest to understand the international connections between east and west. These global interactions inflect my understanding of the painting and help me understand my need to create this work.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eThroughout my life I have been compelled to create artworks that depict a world caught between color and elegy, between memory and dream. Inspired by the Buddhist practices of people across the globe. These artworks seem to depict a world in which humanity struggles not just to survive, but to live. My paintings bring out questions.  What does it mean to honor the space between seeing and being? What is the place of beauty in the modern world? Where is the space for contemplation in contemporary life?\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eIn reference to my paintings of monks inspired by Eastern Philosophy, the art writer Peter Clothier has said:\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e“They exist in an aura of light rather than on some earthly plane. They move through space like transient beings, absorbed in their own silent, meditative isolation. In this way, they seem to project some of the real values of their Buddhist faith: the inevitable passage of time that is at the root of so much human suffering, the illusory quality of what we take to be the real world and, most importantly, the promise of an escape from suffering into enlightenment.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregg Chadwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42265663438951,"sku":null,"price":14075.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1773770037_87972.jpg?v=1774022922"},{"product_id":"through-tibetan-eyes","title":"Through Tibetan Eyes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e96x72x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In old Arabic poetry love, song, blood and travel appear as four basic desires of the human heart and the only effective means against our fear of death. Thus travel is elevated to the dignity of the elementary needs of humankind.\" - Czeslaw Milosz on the poetry of travel\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eMovement, travel and pilgrimage are themes that often appear in my paintings. Travel can involve a physical relocation or it can exist in the realm of the senses. In 2006 I attended \"A Gathering of Hearts Illuminating Compassion,\" an interfaith meeting in San Francisco. The Dalai Lama was the keynote speaker at the event. He entered the packed hall, briskly moved up the center aisle, but stopped briefly to greet an elderly Tibetan woman a few feet from where I was seated. Then the Dalai Lama suddenly spun around and, with a beatific smile, gazed deeply and directly into my eyes.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eI was transfixed. The moment was short but to me it felt as if all time collapsed within that point. For that moment, it seemed as if the Dalai Lama yearned to see with my eyes as I, in turn, learned to see through his. I have been working on this painting ever since to put my experience of that moment of empathy and connection down on canvas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregg Chadwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42265663537255,"sku":null,"price":14075.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1773770838_85958.jpg?v=1774022935"},{"product_id":"night-train-the-tennessean","title":"Night Train (The Tennessean)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e50x60x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Night Train (The Tennessean)\" is from my recent series of paintings - \"Mystery Train.\" This is a study in time travel.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eThe painting reminds me that my grandfather Arthur Desch, worked as a fireman stoking coal in steam engines before he advanced to train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. Parties and family gatherings in my grandparent’s home brought the rhythms of the rails home. In their clean but Jersey dank basement, the sounds of railroad workers echoed in the music my aunts and cousins played in the shadows of the train lines outside. From Junior Parker, to Elvis Presley, to Bob Dylan, to Johnny Cash, to The Band, to Bruce Springsteen, to Michael McDermott, to arts writer Greil Marcus, to film writer and director Jim Jarmusch, the enduring mythos of America and its legacy has been wrapped in the blues notes of the song \"Mystery Train\".\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eRecently, while flipping through my mom’s carefully tended scrapbook, I found black and white memories of my family’s yearnings, struggles, and triumphs. Whispers of cellar mysteries found their way back into my thoughts and dreams. Today as I paint, a current song by Gary Clark Jr., \"When My Train Pulls In\", propels me back into memories of earlier sounds of passion and propulsion. 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History’s shadows slide in and out of darkened alleys.\r\u003cbr\u003eThe color and light found in the artworks of the Venetian painters Bellini, Carpaccio, Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, and Tiepolo, seen up close in the city of their creation, have been revelatory for me. Their works glow like light upon water. Reflected, sparkling light bouncing off canals, “gibigiane” in Venetian dialect is akin to the liquid nature of transparent oils glowing from within, as if light lived within the pigment.\r\u003cbr\u003eThis painting is a companion piece to \"Golden Hour - Venice.\" These two artworks act as pillars for my Venice\/Venezia series of artworks inspired by the two water lapped cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregg Chadwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42265663701095,"sku":null,"price":3520.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1773772482_77660.jpg?v=1774022961"},{"product_id":"golden-hour-venice","title":"Golden Hour (Venice)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e24x30x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy oil on linen painting \"Golden Hour - Venice\" was inspired by the quality of light during the \"golden hour\" – the period shortly after sunrise or before sunset when the light is softer, warmer, and more diffuse.\r\u003cbr\u003eMy paintings of California at dusk are atmospheric, layered explorations of light, time, and the emotional resonance of a familiar yet ever-changing landscape. \r\u003cbr\u003eThis painting is a companion piece to \"Golden Hour - Venezia.\" These two artworks act as pillars for my Venice\/Venezia series of artworks inspired by the two water lapped cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregg Chadwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42265663733863,"sku":null,"price":3520.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1773772958_52455.jpg?v=1774022973"},{"product_id":"the-greatest-of-wanderers-kenya","title":"The Greatest of Wanderers (Kenya)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e54x54x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Greatest of Wanderers\" was inspired by the efforts of the Sheldrick Trust as they strive to create a world that believes all elephants deserve to roam wild and free, safe from harm.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eI first became aware of the fragile nature of our planet as an elementary school student. For Christmas one year, I asked my parents for the book “Wildlife in Danger” published by the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) They are still an important organization providing information, plans, and hope for our endangered earth. Worried about the environment as a kid, I drew pictures of animals constantly.\r\u003cbr\u003eNow I am bringing out a series of paintings, to be exhibited at The Other Art Fair in Los Angeles at Barker Hangar in September 2021, that shed light on climate change, the beauty of the natural world, and our place with other species.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eHonored that \"The Greatest of Wanderers\"was chosen in the BEST OF FAIR: The Other Art Fair Los Angeles (September 2021) Collection by Nicole Garton - Fair Director\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregg Chadwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42265663766631,"sku":null,"price":7740.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1773773168_40194.jpg?v=1774022982"},{"product_id":"the-samurais-garden-tokyo","title":"The Samurai's Garden (Tokyo)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e30x40x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy oil on linen painting \"The Samurai's Garden (Tokyo)\" was inspired by strolls through Koishikawa Korakuen - one of the oldest gardens in Tokyo. The feudal lord Yorifusa, founder of the Mito Tokugawa clan, started the construction of the garden, and it was completed by his son with the help of Chinese scholar Shu Shunsui in 1669. There are reproductions of historic Japanese and Chinese scenery throughout the garden, represented by the miniature hills, ponds, stones and trees. My painting evokes the garden's serene and contemplative atmosphere, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in a timeless space full of changing colors and memories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregg Chadwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42265663799399,"sku":null,"price":3520.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1773773428_28891.jpg?v=1774023000"},{"product_id":"american-river-chicago-to-l-a-on-the-blue-goose-with-greil-marcus","title":"American River (Chicago to L.A. - On the Blue Goose with Greil Marcus)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e36x24x1.50\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn my oil on linen painting \"American River (Chicago to L.A. - On the Blue Goose with Greil Marcus)\", a Streamliner train painted in Robin's Egg Blue and Silver leaves Union Station in Chicago on the way to Los Angeles. Greil Marcus is a highly esteemed arts writer and cultural critic, widely recognized for his groundbreaking book, \"Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'N' Roll Music\". Marcus's scholarship meticulously unpacks the deep-seated connections between rock music and the broader American culture, delving into themes of national imagination, historical narratives, and the very essence of American identity. This critical framework provides an essential lens through which to interpret my visual exploration of the American scene and its embedded historical narratives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregg Chadwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42265663897703,"sku":null,"price":3520.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1773773816_21351.jpg?v=1774023016"},{"product_id":"san-francisco-summer-1059","title":"San Francisco Summer - 1059","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e36x36x1.75\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGolden light from a late afternoon sky fills my oil on linen painting \"San Francisco Summer - 1059\". For a number of years I lived and created my art in a loft on the sixth floor of a building on Market Street in San Francisco. Beneath me, the city breathed. The flow of historic streetcars on MUNI's F Line combined with the flux of humanity created a rich visual tapestry that directly inspired my new painting. Today, just before I wrote these thoughts on the artwork, I was able to follow the route of Streetcar #1059 on the Market Street Railway's live map. San Francisco memories flooded in as I watched the car make its way from Fisherman's Wharf, to the Ferry Building, to the Cable Car Turnaround, then past my old home and up to the Castro. Each streetcar in the San Francisco fleet is painted in historic train colors from streetcar lines across the globe. Car #1059 is painted in the orange and silver of the Boston MTA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregg Chadwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42265663996007,"sku":null,"price":3520.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1773774083_43862.jpg?v=1774023029"}],"url":"https:\/\/helloart.com\/collections\/gregg-chadwick.oembed","provider":"helloart","version":"1.0","type":"link"}