After graduating from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1976, Kevin Chadwick's career took off 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. His portraits and figurative works hang 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. 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 . He also won 3rd place in Artists Magazine's 38th Annual Art Competition in the Portrait & Figure category. Today he focus is using mixed media. Kevin is widely recognized for his engaging and soulful African American figures. He has lived in historic city of Lynchburg, Virginia for over 20 years.