Posts by Nicholas Wilton
Maintaining Connection in Difficult Times
The news can feel heartbreaking. I try to live and teach that to keep making our best art, we need to keep our focus on the internal instead of the external news. Paying attention to how we are feeling, what inspires, and what brings us alive is truly helpful. However, when the external problems are…
Read MoreArt, Life, and Design – Bonnie Christine – Ep 22
There is one attribute all thriving creatives I meet have in common. It has everything to do with their “come from”, a term I learned from my work with human development coach Scott Picard. It highlights where one’s art and inspiration are derived. In artists who have established tremendous momentum, I see they are all…
Read MoreStaying at the Helm in Your Practice
There’s a commercial aspect to art-making that can be a challenge. Once as an illustrator, I worked on a project that was so lucrative I couldn’t turn it down. However, the art direction was so specific and outside my taste that I ended up making something awful. Though the money was good, the work killed…
Read MoreArt Immersion – Jonah Allen – Ep 21
One of the hallmarks of artists that have found tremendous momentum is that they have incorporated their art into not just one, but many aspects of their life. Momentum has a particular look when we start. Our art can be just an idea or simply a hobby in the beginning, but it can become much…
Read MoreConnecting your Art to your Life
There’s an old shipyard near my studio. It’s a place where I find beautiful patinaed colors and shapes amongst all the worn and broken pieces of boats. What’s so cool is that these things relate to my art. Going here strengthens this connection and gives me inspiration for my art. Here is what I mean.…
Read MoreDrawing A World – William Downs – Ep 20
An artist’s capacity to feel the world, coupled with bold creativity and intuition, will always make something extraordinary. Immense and powerful art doesn’t just happen by accident. It comes from artists living and thinking in a more encompassing way. This orientation signals tremendous maturity that is difficult to achieve. When I saw William Downs monumental…
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