Created and Sold by Gregg Chadwick
The Philosopher's Path Painting
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| Dimensions | Weight |
|---|---|
60H x 12W x 2D in 152.4H x 30.48W x 5.08D cm |
Twenty years ago in Thailand, I woke up at dawn and spent the morning quietly and carefully observing the saffron robed monks on their morning pilgrimages. On my return to the U.S. later that week I began to paint Buddhist monks, privately at first - as a form of meditation. Only later did I grasp the dharmic sense of responsibility inherent in this new body of work. I needed to paint these paintings. And I found that the audience I had developed over the years felt the need to see them also. They have given me their trust that I will create paintings that speak of our times but also provide clues to a future path into the unknown.
In my oil on linen painting "The Philosopher's Path", a saffron robed Buddhist monk mediates as they walk down a steep stairway. A timeless moment captured. Peace holds the moment still.
Notes on Technique:
Ghosts of earlier ideas appear within my artworks and combine with other transparent moments to create a semblance of movement, of time passing. I build a combination of shadow and illumination in each painting to create a sensation of light emanating from the work. I work with oil paint and usually create at least one color in each painting from ground pigments mixed by hand with linseed oil. Linseed oil has the propensity to grow more transparent with age and visible traces of earlier painted marks gradually appear because of this tendency - called pentimenti. I embrace this eventual outcome in my work and incorporate planned and unplanned pentimenti in my process.
"The Philosopher’s Path" is painted with the finest quality oil paints on linen. The artwork is ready to hang.
MEDIUM
Oil on Linen
DIMENSIONS
60" x 12" x 1.5"
INSTALL INFO
Gallery Wrapped. Ready to Hang. Not framed.
YEAR
2023
AUTHENTICATION
Signed and dated by the artist on the rear of the painting.
If requested by client, Gregg Chadwick will sign the front of the painting.
In my oil on linen painting "The Philosopher's Path", a saffron robed Buddhist monk mediates as they walk down a steep stairway. A timeless moment captured. Peace holds the moment still.
Notes on Technique:
Ghosts of earlier ideas appear within my artworks and combine with other transparent moments to create a semblance of movement, of time passing. I build a combination of shadow and illumination in each painting to create a sensation of light emanating from the work. I work with oil paint and usually create at least one color in each painting from ground pigments mixed by hand with linseed oil. Linseed oil has the propensity to grow more transparent with age and visible traces of earlier painted marks gradually appear because of this tendency - called pentimenti. I embrace this eventual outcome in my work and incorporate planned and unplanned pentimenti in my process.
"The Philosopher’s Path" is painted with the finest quality oil paints on linen. The artwork is ready to hang.
MEDIUM
Oil on Linen
DIMENSIONS
60" x 12" x 1.5"
INSTALL INFO
Gallery Wrapped. Ready to Hang. Not framed.
YEAR
2023
AUTHENTICATION
Signed and dated by the artist on the rear of the painting.
If requested by client, Gregg Chadwick will sign the front of the painting.
Item The Philosopher's Path Painting
Created by Gregg Chadwick
As seen in Creator's Studio, Santa Monica, CA
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