Monday, December 8, 2008

Olema Barn

"Olema Barn" 84" x 72" 
Barn in West Marin
"Between Lines" 40" x 36"


These  old barns are all over West Marin.
The subtlety of the lines and textures of the boards
contrasting with the hard darks of missing ones
seems to give these buildings a quiet strength.

7 comments:

Leslie Avon Miller said...

This is great work. Thanks for sharing your process. I put a link to your blog from mine.

Tracy Helgeson said...

Came here from Rebecca Crowell, and I think your work is awesome. Looking forward to reading more about it on your blog.

Seth said...

Between Lines is seriously spectacular.

Nicholas Wilton said...

Seth--thanks- love your stuff and that store is totally cool--I got to do that!

Nicholas Wilton said...

Tracy, thanks! I checked out your work too---great color!

Jo Reimer said...

Your barn photos and paintings remind me of beautiful old quilts which were made from fabric torn into strips and stitched together by loving hands who cherish the old enough to make something of it.

Nicholas Wilton said...

Jo, I agree. In fact I often like to describe the surface of my paintings like quilts. I like the idea of random parts all suprisingly put together into one. My Dad- also a painter , lives in Ashland- see his link to his blog on the margin of my blog- Cliff Wilton. Your pictures make me cold just looking at them. Beautiful but cold!