by nicholas-site-402765 | Jun 24, 2013 |
I just came across a painting I made about 25 years ago. It was an assignment I did in school. The teacher handed out fortune cookies and after we all ate them we were supposed to create a picture that communicated the fortune that was inside. Mine was a reminder...
by nicholas-site-402765 | Jun 6, 2013 |
What is it about spring that wakes us up? I love this picture. It was taken last week in Vermont and it is my daughter who is impatiently waiting for me to run up and join her on this gorgeous hilltop in Vermont. It feels like a time of possibility. Invitation. The...
by nicholas-site-402765 | Apr 24, 2013 |
I recently was visiting the Mountain School in upstate Vermont. This is a program for students in their junior year of high school. The school offers its 45 students the experience of working and living on a fully functioning farm. There are goats, sheep, llamas,...
by nicholas-site-402765 | Mar 21, 2013 |
One of my mentor clients asked an interesting question the other day. It had to do with how an artist develops a personal visual vocabulary. We all recognize or know artist’s work that already has this occurring. In fact this is one of the reasons why we recognize it...
by nicholas-site-402765 | Mar 21, 2013 |
Yesterday I spent part of my day painting large shapes in a painting I thought I was improving. I chose a color that I thought was appropriate and worked. I went to lunch and when I came back and looked at the painting I couldn’t believe that the color I had...
