I have a hunch that I might be able to create some kind of art that is meaningful. I do not know what it is, nor do I admit this to anyone. I think about this for possibly years. One day I try to do something in the smallest way possible, when nobody is looking. I...

When I am out of the studio I become happily engrossed in my life. After only one day, however, I start to lose touch with what I was doing in my art practice. Sometimes if I am gone for too many days I even forget basic principles of Art that I teach in my workshops...

Sometimes you just lose momentum. Sometimes you look at everything you are making and it all feels flat. Sometimes you just don’t feel like going into the studio. Here are 3 easy ways to get re inspired on your Art. Your Art is your vacation. I heard an amazing talk...

Last week in a prior blog post I explained several helpful benefits to using unique four digit ID#s to label your art. Here are 3 more. Finding, Seeing and Naming Digital Files Better When you nest dozens of folders all named with unique ID#s on your hard drive, your...

Do you find it difficult to keep track of all your art that you have made over the years? Do you forget when you made what? Or which gallery has what? Or even worse, where your Art actually is? This used to happen to me. Until I started giving every piece of art I...

"Yellow" by Nathan Sawaya   I admit it. Sometimes, when my own Art frustrates me, I compare it to other artist’s work.  So many artists seem so much further along than me. Their work is stronger, they are more successful, and they all seem to have better...

When you make a mediocre painting bigger it just gets more mediocre. I sure know this feeling and I don’t like it. However when you make something powerful AND it happens to be bigger then it can become breathtaking. Making art bigger than ourselves can be...

Michelangelo's "David"   I think you know when something you have made surpasses Good and becomes Great. I know I do. It feels wonderful. Unfortunately, this doesn’t happen all the time. How can you shift your work from Good to Great more often? The answer is...

Detail from "Arcade" by Nicholas Wilton   People desire art because it makes them feel alive. Like leaving a monotonous office job for a vacation, Art gives people a new, fresh experience that they crave. The Art that we notice, talk about and dream of does this...

"Tomboy" by Nicholas Wilton.   When someone is about to purchase your art they always look at it for a long time. They also look at the small white tag on the wall next to the art to see the title. They are looking for connection with your art. How the work looks...