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...
by Nicholas Wilton | Apr 10, 2014 |
One of the challenges in Art is seeing it objectively. The reason it can sometimes be difficult is because there are two ways, two important views of what you are doing, that need to be seen simultaneously. Firstly, there is the close up view. I refer to this as the...
by Nicholas Wilton | Apr 2, 2014 |
by Nicholas Wilton | Mar 27, 2014 |
As I was painting today I was thinking about breath. In yoga there is a very deliberate inhalation and an exhalation to every pose. I was noticing how I hold, or slowly inhale, my breath when I work. This seems to occur when I am trying hard to do something. It comes...
