Artist Reception, December 29, 6-8PM
This time during the pandemic has instilled a quieting, a certain stillness to our lives. Human interactions, social engagements, and the busyness of coming and going have all lessened, contributing to a slower, more routine existence.
I was surprised that this did not quell my art. On the contrary, it has pushed it in quite the opposite direction. I made these paintings with much less forethought, divergent colors, and more abandon than previous work. The lack of new frontiers in my life has doubled the need for finding this terrain within my art. Within myself.
I wanted, no craved, to taste wild again. This body of work shares this intent; however, I don't entirely recognize this yet as my own. For me, it still moves and shifts, remaining wonderfully wild and even still, a little untamed.
Nicholas Wilton
Sayulita, Mexico
December 2021