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What a dragonfly taught me about art

I just got back from three days in the wilderness with my daughter, no phone, no notebook, no paintings, following a river up into the Trinity Alps. I didn’t go…

How to Get to the Next Step

It’s an issue that’s all too common with creatives: you’re working on a painting and you like what you have so far, but you don’t know what to do next. Watch the video to see what I do when I encounter this with my work. What do you do when…

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Get Yourself Unstuck

Sometimes you just get stuck. You are painting along fine and then you reach a point where you don’t know what to do. It might be because you have fallen in love and have lost objectivity. It might because the color is off somehow. But usually you stop and pullover…

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Finding the Best Version of Yourself

It can be hard to get into the studio when life’s challenges are in your way. However when you do it almost always helps. What is your experience? In gratitude, Nicholas

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