Kevin Chadwick

After graduating from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1976, Kevin's career took off immediately and has taken many artistic turns through the years. Landing his first job as an illustrator while still in school, Kevin worked for a national glassware company illustrating for corporations such as McDonalds, Burger King, Hallmark Cards and Twentieth Century Fox. Upon moving to Washington, D.C., in 1978, Kevin freelanced as a magazine illustrator until 1984, when he decided to form his own firm, Chadwick Design Incorporated. First specializing in theatrical graphics, Kevin also illustrated for national advertising agencies along with National Geographic, The Washington Post, PBS, Kennedy Center, The New York Times Book Review, Special Olympics and the The Shakespeare Library, just to name but a few. Kevin received numerous awards from Communication Arts Magazine, The Art Directors Club of New York and of Washington, D.C. Able to illustrate in various mediums, Kevin more and more enjoyed the richness of oil paints, first using them as washes combined with pencil in illustrations, and later strictly using traditional oils on canvas or panel. Commissions soon followed.

 

Kevin now works out of the historic city of Lynchburg, Va., painting full time. His portraits and figurative works can now be found in the collections of The Caring Institute, Washington, D.C.; World Mercy Fund, Bad Homburg, Germany; The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, England; The  Doyle Hotel Collection, Dublin, Ireland; and in private collections both in the United States and in Europe. Chadwick now specializes in African American figures.

 

Kevin's painting, "The Return of Love" received a juror's award in the Lynchburg Academy Center of the Arts' 2021 National Juried Art Exhibition April 2 - May 1, 2021. The National Gallery of Art's Joseph Krakora was the juror. He also won 3rd place in Artists Magazine's 38th Annual Art Competition in the Portrait/Figure category. The juror was Jean Pederson. The magazine will be on newsstands in January 2022.