Posts by Nicholas Wilton

Photograph: Armosa Studios.   I just returned from the World Domination Summit held in Portland, Oregon. This is a summit that explores how to create an unconventional life in a conventional world. Its key three core values are community, service and adventure. Many of the participants are entrepreneurs, bloggers and generally people who strike me…

Accomplishing what we want is very challenging. Whether it is a book project, a series of paintings, a new website or any new creative challenge in our life, often the things that seem worth doing are multi-stePPed, unfamiliar and complicated. However one of the primary reasons people don’t achieve what they want comes from the…

I just returned from the annual ArtLife Mentorship retreat which was held at the Gabilan Ranch in San Juan Bautista, Ca. There were about 20 artists there. We spent the time painting, discussing art practices, eating great food and even managed to squeeze in some dancing. On the second day, I discovered some drawer cabinets…

Are you ready to be seen? This seems like a pretty basic question but I am realizing that for many people the answer is not completely a yes. I am speaking of their Art, whatever that may be, but because your Art comes from you, it is actually quite a bit closer to home than…

Above: Detail from “A Bigger Splash” by David Hockney, 1967 I have had numerous conversations this week with friends about how difficult it is to just simply let go of control. It is always hard to do so in life but especially in Art. Of course this is one of the primary challenges that defines…

Artists and Careers in Art Limiting Beliefs #1 You will be a starving artist. #2 You will not be successful till you have died, and even then this is unlikely. #3 You are a reclusive, uncommunicative person who generally stays inside. #4 A lifetime of angst is a prerequisite to creating work that you and…