by nicholas-site-402765 | Jan 20, 2013 |
I have noticed an interesting thing about how I learn and how I improve my art. I used to think that the MORE time I spent painting-actually physically working hard was in direct proportion to how much MORE I learned and improved my work. Working hard is something I...
by nicholas-site-402765 | Jan 15, 2013 |
< How much do we influence each? When does influence become copying? These are all questions that all artists have to answer for themselves. If we are honest, we can all say, that at certain times we have copied others work. Nobody wants to admit this-it is so much...
by nicholas-site-402765 | Jan 13, 2013 |
My next show is opening May 11th in NYC and I don’t know what I am going to make. I kept thinking that I had so much time. The year hasn’t even really started, my show is not until May which feels like the middle of the year – so close to June which IS the middle of...
by Nicholas Wilton | Jan 8, 2013 |
Why is it so hard, after a break, to start working again? I always feel resistance. Several times during the Xmas break I came into the studio and, after working so hard here for months, I was surprised to feel how foreign it all felt. There was my table with all the...
by Nicholas Wilton | Jan 4, 2013 |
Sometimes what I set out to make does not end up being what I make. I might have a clear idea of what I want, but somewhere along the way I change my mind or something comes along that is far more interesting that my original idea. This seems to be happening more and...
by Nicholas Wilton | Jan 1, 2013 |
This is a small painting 12″ x 12″ I made as a demonstration painting during the last workshop taught at Esalen, CA. All the paintings we work on are always done on this great size of 12″ x 12″. We use 1/4 Birch ply primed with gesso which...
