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Thoughts and writings about art, painting, and tattooing, as well as my experiments and explorations in other media such as film photography, digital photography and design, video, and more.
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nickbaxtertattoos
Oct 4, 20121 min read
Artbook Archive: iPhone
Recently I wrote a post announcing the release of Artbook Austin, an iPad App featuring the work of yours truly, among many other Austin...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Oct 1, 20122 min read
Influences 2
Light Shines Through was a painting I completed in 2010 for a group exhibition memorializing artist and tattooer Monica Henk, whose life...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Sep 29, 20121 min read
Street Anatomy
Thanks to the nice people at the very interesting and fun blog Street Anatomy, who just reviewed my Apostasy series. Check it out.
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nickbaxtertattoos
Sep 24, 20121 min read
Passion
In between paintings of my ongoing surgical theme (The Apostasy), I’ve been searching for little sparks of inspiration for my next series...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Sep 21, 20121 min read
Artbook Archive
Attention: iPad users! I’ve been included in a project called Artbook Archive. This ever-expanding digital product is national in scope,...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Sep 19, 20121 min read
Notes & Advice 2: Darker/Grayer
There are certain tricks or techniques an artist can use to enhance the illusion of 3d form in their work. Picking any number of these...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Sep 18, 20121 min read
Wildlife In the Post-Natural Age 2
This past Friday, September 14th was the opening reception of my friend Cara‘s curatorial debut at the WIlliamsburg Art & Historical...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Sep 5, 20121 min read
Wildlife In the Post-Natural Age
I have two recent photographs included in a group show this month at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center in Brooklyn, NYC, called...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Sep 4, 20121 min read
Wash-In Value Study
I found this photo I’d taken a while ago of the value wash-in of my recent painting Sacrificial. I had written about this painting...
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