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nickbaxtertattoos
Nov 8, 20232 min read
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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nickbaxtertattoos
Feb 3, 20222 min read
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
Sep 15, 20155 min read
On The Road 10: Peruvian Plein Air
Earlier this month I traveled to Peru, where I trekked to majestic Machu Picchu for the first time, documenting the epic Andes landscape...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Jun 28, 20151 min read
On The Road 9: Detroit
Detroit is a city where the environment itself takes center stage and needs no actors, a scene and setting so ghostly unnerving that one...
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nickbaxtertattoos
May 1, 20133 min read
Shenpa (Towards Healing)
My newest completed painting originated out of the photo shoots I conducted for my 2010 series Rebuilding. The image of extracted hook...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Mar 7, 20131 min read
On The Road 5.5
Adventure photos from my recent trek across the great Pacific. All images created with my iPhone 4s. I (Hawai’i) II (New Zealand)
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nickbaxtertattoos
Mar 2, 20131 min read
On The Road 5
On a recent adventure in New Zealand I had the good fortune of staying at Solscape Eco Retreat in the hills above Raglan, overlooking the...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Nov 13, 20121 min read
On The Road 4
A few weeks ago I spent two quick but relaxing days in the Middle Of Nowhere, rediscovering my medium format camera with some...
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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
Aug 23, 20121 min read
On The Road 2
I (Canon EOS 30D, with 100mm f/2.8 macro & 50mm f/1.8 standard Photoshop) II (Canon EOS 30D with Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC macro OS HSM,...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Mar 5, 20123 min read
Art & Life: 12 suggestions for breaking through artist’s block
Artistic blocks and dry spells are a phenomenon that nearly every artist expereinces at one time or another in life. A recent email from...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Jan 10, 20122 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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