Posts by Nicholas Wilton

Making art can be hard. But sharing it with others sometimes can be even harder. I think this is because, for some reason, we feel we have to be perfect. But this notion holds us back. And it certainly can stop us from sharing. Sharing, however,  is the very thing that can help improve our…

Last Sunday, the extraordinary landscape painter, Russell Chatham passed. He was a writer, avid fly fisherman, and naturalist. But above all else, he was a painter. He grew up in California painting the wild, untamed places of Northern California. He developed his art in Montana and late in his life returned to West Marin, California.…

Yep. This is one of the biggest challenges most artists struggle with… Starting your art again. It is so easy to lose the rhythm of making art. Sometimes it is a big life thing that gets in the way. It can even be a vacation. What about that friend who comes, visits and stays for…

Do you ever have the thought that maybe you can’t pull off making your art? Or even worse, that you are not an artist after all? I know I have. I hear a lot about this challenge from other artists. But you know what? These limiting beliefs don’t have to occupy any space in your…

Do you see a lot of different directions when you look at the arc of your art? Sometimes this can make us feel scattered and unsure about where exactly we want to put our creative energy. This was the case for me. Of course I love doing so many different kinds of things, especially in art.…

Do you feel overwhelmed with too many directions to take your art? The problem for me is that practically all of them seem like good directions. And probably, most of them are. But that isn’t the problem. The problem, at least from my experience, comes when we are doing too many at the same time.…