Latest Sunday BLOOM
I went to Santa Fe to see great art (It almost made me quit.)
When I first started making art I drove to Santa Fe to see what I thought would be the best art in the country. Gallery after gallery on Canyon Road….
Featured Sunday BLOOMS
Why Paint Color Recipes Are the Best Thing for Your Art
Creating your own custom paint colors isn’t as complicated as it sounds. In this post, I walk through my behind-the-scenes process for mixing and measuring a large batch of Baja Orange, a dusty, earthy, sun-warmed orange that appears throughout my work. The real lesson here goes beyond one color. It’s…
How to Mix Custom Paint Colors That Feel Alive
The most beautiful, resonant colors you’ll ever mix don’t come from a single tube. They come from layering multiple pigments together, including a complementary color to quiet things down, until something deeper and more alive emerges. In this post, Nicholas walks through his process for creating Baja Orange, a custom…
The Real Reason Artists Struggle (And What Actually Transforms Your Art)
After one of the most connected weeks of my creative life, three truths became impossible to ignore. Every artist struggles with the same fears. Your level has nothing to do with the quality of your art. And making meaningful art alone, truly alone, may not actually be possible. Here’s why…
