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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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Phoenix Trades Depot, Austin, TX
Recently I was accepted into a local group show. Here’s the flyer, for any Austinites reading this blog who may be interested in checking...
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Feb 26, 20121 min read
Minds In Morpheus
Last year I gave my friend Emily a secret preview showing of my Reclaiming series before shipping them off to Portland for their debut at...
nickbaxtertattoos
Feb 6, 20121 min read
Photo/Digital Manipulation
I’ve always been just as in love with photography as I am with painting. Because I paint in a highly realistic style, they’re two...
nickbaxtertattoos
Jan 31, 20122 min read
Shapeshifting
Or, The Transmutation of Artistic Critique. While reading Becoming Animal, a beautiful treatise on the sensual interaction between humans...
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Jan 21, 20123 min read
Realism Techniques 1
This is the start of an occasional ongoing series on this blog where I’ll be discussing the process and techniques of sharp-focus realism...
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Jan 12, 20121 min read
On The Road
“Live without dead time!” One of the slogans, courtesy of the Situationists, that I try to live by. To me it means making productive,...
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Jan 10, 20122 min read
Then, And Now
The dawning of 2012 brought me to my parents’ house, an eclectic vortex of saved childhood possessions and weird emotional frequencies ...
nickbaxtertattoos
Jan 6, 20121 min read
Begin Transmission
Welcome to my new fine arts website and blog. Thanks for looking. I hope to feature content related to my painting and creative ...
nickbaxtertattoos
Oct 22, 20111 min read
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