by Nancy Hillis | May 21, 2025
Your Art Lives In Your Future, It’s Waiting For You There’s a certain kind of magic in creating art—a paradox both tender and bold: Your art is already out there. It’s alive. It’s ahead of you. Sometimes, it’s waiting in the folds of an old sketchbook, or...
by Nancy Hillis | May 5, 2025
Authoring Your Art THE IMPORTANCE OF “HOLDING ONTO YOURSELF” AS AN ARTIST Years ago, an artist in our Masterclass, K, shared a story of creating a series of paintings she loved, paintings exploring gestural self-expression through her own...
by Nancy Hillis | Apr 19, 2025
Art & Play It’s been said that playing is the work of childhood. I believe it’s our work too, as adults, as artists. We have a great deal to learn from the playful exploration of children. One of the world’s greatest...
by Nancy Hillis | Apr 12, 2025
The Power of Asking: What If? What do you think is one of the most important habits to develop as an artist? In my mind, it’s experimentation. And experimentation is driven by trusting yourself and cultivating an attitude of allowing. I...
by Nancy Hillis | Mar 23, 2025
The Muse Doesn’t Live In The Shallow End I was on a call a few years ago with an author in Scotland and we got to talking about art. It turns out there are similarities between creating art and writing novels. An interesting discussion ensued that...
