by Nicholas Wilton | Jan 13, 2016 |
There is this really cool shop in Portland that I accidentally wandered into last week. At first blush it just looks like a metal junk shop but peering in the window as I went past, I realized that this just wasn’t any old junk shop. This shop was only selling old...
by Nicholas Wilton | Jan 6, 2016 |
This could be the best year for your Art. We all have been told we need to write down our New Years Resolutions. This never worked for me. It just wasn’t enough. In time I would just forget what I wrote down. Over the years I have tried different ways to improve my...
by Nicholas Wilton | Dec 30, 2015 |
Do you ever notice how even though you plan things out, even though you think you know what you are going to do, that sometimes it seems like the universe just has a different plan for you? I have come to realize that this little idea or actually this little truth is...
by Nicholas Wilton | Dec 23, 2015 |
It is not clear exactly who said “Good artists copy, but great artists steal.” It might have been Picasso. The poet TS Eliot wrote something very similar in 1920. Regardless, the quote brings to the forefront an idea, a concept that I am consistently highlighting in...
by Nicholas Wilton | Dec 16, 2015 |
It is challenging to figure out how to price your Art, especially when you haven’t sold your art before. Ultimately it is the artist who assigns value to their art. However, putting too low a price or – even worse – too high a price on your art can sabotage the whole...
by Nicholas Wilton | Dec 9, 2015 |
Do you ever notice when you are creating your art how often a small section of your art will look especially better than all the rest? If you could magically crop out this one part it would be possibly the best thing you have ever made? This happens to me all the...
