Posts by Nicholas Wilton

My neighbor gave me this huge chunk of mahogany. I cut out the general shape of the figure and now I am trying to refine it. It’s interesting to just be removing and not being able to add anything back on…sculpture is like that–just take away all the parts that don’t belong and then you…

I am starting to scratch some of the sentences that I have pulled from peoples experiences of being homeless into the walls and roof of my house. So many homeless people talk about how hard it is not having anyone who knows or cares about them. This desire to be connected to people seems almost…

I am now working on a project that will benefit The Ritter Center. This is an organization located in San Rafael, California that serves low income families and the homeless. Link: The Ritter Center – Marin Homeless Safety Net – Home There are about 20 artists all making unique houses. When they are done they…

In this painting I wanted to keep a very simple composition, but also to have a portion of the painting be detailed but quiet and subtle. Outside my living room window is a huge kiwi vine that I planted several years ago. The wind blows and the branches of this plant are always waving at…

One of the hard parts, for me anyway, about being an artist is all the time alone. I can get busy and not leave the house for several days. Things start to become weird after about a day and a half… sooner if I don’t change out of my pajamas till lunch…but why bother dressing…

I have been making these tiny paper collages in preparation for doing 3 of them quite large on panel. These are about 3″ or 4″ I have so far made 10. These three seem to go together and are my favorite ones so far. =”center”a> =”center”a> =”center”a>