by Nicholas Wilton | Jun 20, 2013 |
About 10 years ago I had an art show in Santa Fe. The gallery decided to take an ad out in Art News magazine to publicize the show. I thought long and hard about which painting I wanted in the ad as I knew that the whole show was riding on the this single image. If...
by Nicholas Wilton | Jun 17, 2013 |
Art is a reflection of who you are. This makes it both compelling and at the same time kind of nauseating. Although most people, and I am certainly in this camp, find the subject of themselves pretty interesting. If you ever don’t know what to say to someone, my...
by Nicholas Wilton | Jun 13, 2013 |
There is something amazing that happens when you become clear about what you want… You often get it. Sometimes it’s hard to discern this phenomenon in life. So many things are happening at once that it becomes difficult to remember why something shifts....
by Nicholas Wilton | Jun 10, 2013 |
In most businesses, you are trying to sell something to someone. The more perfected your offering becomes, the more it is wanted and so, the more you are supposedly able to sell. This is how business works. But not Fine Art. It has a peculiar way of reacting to the...
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 Wilton | Jun 4, 2013 |
I just received this interesting blog post on indecision by Jonathon Fields that I found totally illuminating. The idea here is that trying so hard to decide and figure out whether “A” or “B” is better, can sometimes overshadow a third option which is choosing neither...
