by Nicholas Wilton | May 15, 2014 |
I came across these amazing photographs of mushrooms by Steve Axford, a photographer living in Australia. What astonishes me is that even though I have been alive over 50 years there is still so much to see. Just peering into this world of mushrooms fills me with...
by Nicholas Wilton | May 8, 2014 |
Detail from “Berkeley No. 33″ by Richard Diebenkorn, oil on canvas, 24″ x 29”, 1955 Even though I have spent since January painting it has really been in the past 4-6 weeks that I have done most of the work. Things have finally gotten...
by Nicholas Wilton | May 1, 2014 |
Here is a 25x magnified drop of seawater, photographed by David Liittschwager. When I look at this it reminds me of abstract painting. Something is defined as abstract when it is “apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances.” We look at this...
by Nicholas Wilton | Apr 24, 2014 |
Generally we think things have a beginning, middle and an end. Movies are like this, stories, instructions, cookbooks, the lives of our pets, and I guess our lives too. But lately I have been realizing that art making doesn’t always follow this pattern. Ideas,...
by Nicholas Wilton | Apr 17, 2014 |
I had never seen a full moon eclipse till the other night, but sitting in the hot springs overlooking the sea on the Big Sur coast of California made waiting and watching this very slow process palatable. At home I probably would not of even taken the time to walk...
