Then, And Now (Part 5)
"Then, And Now" or "Then & Now" in the blog search feature, is an ongoing occasional series where themes of progression, time, and memory...
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Oct 19, 20232 min
Notes & Advice 12: Tapping Into The Creative Flow
Creativity is a universal force that we can tap into by opening up our awareness and observational skills through artistic training.
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nickbaxtertattoos
Sep 9, 20233 min
Summer Plein Air: Chasing The Light
Summer in Texas, where I live and work, is never the best outdoor painting time. Extreme heat and incredibly harsh, searing daylight add...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Aug 1, 20232 min
Run Script: gaiatheory/upload.exe
I. Upload And Transcend Since Vernor Vinge’s work in the 1980s there has been a belief by some that, through an event called the...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Jun 22, 20233 min
Cybernetic Karma Algorithm
The DNA of any two people on Earth is supposedly 99.6 percent identical. If such biological uniformity flies in the face of all of our...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Mar 14, 20233 min
The Three Hands Of God
A triptych spanning 12 years and a few different eras of my painting and stylistic evolution, this trio of paintings addresses the tense...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Feb 3, 20222 min
Perception Of Being: NFT Redux
The Origin Story and The Epilogue Sometime around 2013, during a tattooing trip to South America, I was led into the Amazon rainforest...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Jul 12, 20212 min
Art & Life 3: Self Love/Self Harm
Although May every year is mental health awareness month, like many others I believe that every month, week, or day of the year needs to...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Apr 5, 20201 min
Notes & Advice 12: What To Consider When Setting Up A Still Life
Discussing some of the subtler points of still life setup with Jake Meeks of Fireside Tattoo Network and Podcast. Part of my alla prima...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Mar 12, 20206 min
My 20-Step Program for Perfect Art Reproductions
If you’re a painter or visual artist working in any traditional media, capturing digital images of your work is practically a requirement...
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